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Object type: Grave-cover(?) or cross-base(?), in three joining pieces
Measurements: L. 91.4 cm (31 in); W. 55.3 cm (21.75 in); D. (max.) 18.5 cm (7.25 in). (Adcock 1974) 87 x 64 x 35 cm. (Morris 1973) 91.4 x 61 x 33 cm.
Stone type: Very coarse-grained yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Fig. 11; Pl. 89.471-473
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 105-106
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The middle section only of this slab survives, the top and bottom being cut away.
?A (top), ?F (bottom) and ?D (long): Broken off.
?B (long): Practically complete in length with worn flat-band mouldings. The plait can be reconstructed as an eight-cord pattern composed of two registers of pattern C and two differing terminals, the one on the left with pattern A units, the one on the right with simple pattern E. The strands are well modelled but widely spaced.
?C (end): Possibly turned pattern D with outside strands and breaks.
?E (end): Interlace but indecipherable.
This seems more likely to be a grave-cover than a base and in type resembles the deep slab from Gainford (no. 23). Two attempts have been made to make a reconstruction (Morris 1973; Adcock 1974). Although the patterns are very similar, Adcock's reconstruction has been adopted here (Fig. 11). These widely spaced plait patterns are a feature of carvings of the ninth century and this piece is comparable with sculpture at Ripon and Hauxwell, Yorkshire, and Waberthwaite, Cumberland.
