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Object type: Incomplete cross-shaft
Measurements: H. 26 cm (10 in); W. 24.2 cm (9.5 in); D. 16.5 > 15.2 cm (6.5 > 6 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 90.474-477
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 106-107
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Both surviving faces have plant-scroll enclosed by a flat-band moulding.
A (broad): Six volutes of a linked spiral scroll with circular berry bunches and loose berries used as space-fillers.
B (narrow): A leaf trail with split stems and loose berries used as space-fillers. The leaves are curled and veined.
C (broad) and D (narrow): Defaced.
The linked scroll is not like any other at Jarrow, but there is some resemblance to Nunnykirk. The scroll on the narrow face with its split stem and tendrils is, however, closely paralleled by 22, as is also the stone type. Similar split stems and curling tendrils can be found in the north-west at centres such as Lancaster, Lowther and Kendal; these also have loose berries within the scroll. Escomb 2 could have had a similar scroll, but very little survives for comparison.
