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Object type: Part of cross-shaft (possibly lower part of no. 5)
Measurements: H. 49.5 cm (19 in); W. 24.2 > 21.6 cm (9.5 > 8.5 in); D. 17.2 > 15.9 cm (6.75 > 6.25 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive deep yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 35.180-181
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 64
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Only two faces are visible.
A (broad): Parts of three panels, the middle one complete, surrounded and divided by a flat-band moulding. The upper two contain six-strand median-incised plain plaits; the lower, part of an animal. Only the head, which is seen in profile, survives. It is of canine type, with a small round ear, squared-off muzzle and slightly open jaws.
B (narrow): A single panel of four-strand median-incised plain plait, enclosed by a flat-band moulding.
This type of plain plait, divided into small panels on the broad face with median-incised strands and with the hole points strongly emphasized, is also found at Billingham (no. 12), Chester-le-Street (no. 1) and Sockburn (nos. 3, 5 and 7). It seems to belong to a regional group of the Viking period in southern co. Durham (Introduction, p. 18). The animal head type is also paralleled at Chester-le-Street (nos. 1 and 12) and Gainford (no. 2) and likewise seems to betray Viking influence.
