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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft or impost [1]
Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.25 in); W. 14.5 cm (5.75 in); D. 12.7 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 203.1153-1156
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 208
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A: The central panel is plain and recessed, and is surrounded by a fine roll moulding. On one edge is a border of five large pellets.
B and D: Smoothly dressed.
C: Smoothly dressed but there is a half-circular recession which may be original.
It is difficult to decide upon the function of this piece. If it is a block impost, the decoration is more reasonable. Such heavy pellets and cables tend to be late. It is unlike any other pre-Conquest fragment in the combination of form and decoration.
