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Object type: Fragment of cross-arm
Measurements: H. (max.) 10 cm (4 in); W. 13 cm (5 in); D. 5.5 cm (2.25 in) D. of carving c.1.5 cm (0.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, micaceous yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 107.590-1
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 122
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Possibly type D9 or D10. Only a fragment of one carved face survives, and part of the edge, which is plain and finely dressed.
A (broad): The carved face is edged by a flat-band moulding; partly encroaching on this is a deeply moulded rosette-type flower. The centre is chipped away, but curling from it is one long petal which is tucked into the corner of the arm.
The only parallel for the single petalled flower in the arm of a cross is from Hoddom (Collingwood 1927, fig. 51); there the flower is not so `built up', nor does the design fill the arm shape in the same way. It is possible that this is one of those crosses which, although free-standing, was only carved on one face (see Jarrow 9, Hexham 10, and Whitby: Peers and Radford 1943, pl. 29A). This deep heavy carving is more like Jarrow 22 than earlier Monkwearmouth work.
