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Object type: Part of cross-head [1]
Measurements: H. 38.2 cm (15 in); W. 40 cm (15.75 in); D. 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive pinkish grey sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 172.910-913
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 179-180
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Type A10.
A (broad): Edged by a single roll moulding. In the centre a circular roll moulding encloses an eight-petalled rosette. The petals are delicately scooped and divided by a fine line.
B and D (narrow): Plain.
C (broad): Plain within a single roll moulding.
This cross type is distinctive of the early Hexham school (Introduction, p. 26). The rosette centre may have been inspired by the more elaborate rosette of the panel, no. 22. Such plain cross-heads which could be inscribed or possibly painted with names seem to be a distinctive feature of monastic sites (see Carlisle: Collingwood 1927, figs. 72, 105, which have inscriptions and rosette; and Whitby: Peers and Radford 1943, figs. 6-7).
