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Object type: Part of cross-shaft and -head
Measurements: H. 34.3 cm (13.5 in); W. 30.5 cm (12 in); D. 12.7 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive orange/yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 34.176-177
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 64-65
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Only two carved faces are visible.
A (broad): Edged with a flat-band moulding with projecting chamfer separating shaft and head. Above the horizontal moulding is a crude ring-knot with median-incised strands. Below are what may be two birds with a stem between, or a bird on the left and a leaf on the right. The background is finely pecked.
B (narrow): The curve of the arm is plain. Below, a fragment of median-incised plait or plant-scroll is set in a flat-band moulding.
The same finely pecked background is found on 2, but the differences in mouldings argue against their being part of the same cross (see 7). The motif of the birds and scroll is an interesting survival. In type, the birds are like Ilkley (Collingwood 1927, fig. 62).