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Object type: Finial cross or grave-marker
Measurements: H. 41.9 cm (16.25 in); W. 35.5 cm (14 in); D. 15.2 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 237.1341-3
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 241-242
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The cross is carved in deep relief on a round block of stone which is joined to a rectangular base.
A (broad): Head type is E8 with the arms exaggeratedly tapered to meet a small flat roundel in the centre with a compass mark in its centre.
B, D and E (narrow sides and top): Plain.
C (broad): Carved with a Saint Andrew's cross in relief.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
This type of head with tapering arms supported by a round centre seems typical of the overlap period. The narrow shank of the cross seems to indicate that it could have been set on the gable-end of a church, rather than having been used as a grave-marker.
