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Object type: Cross-head
Measurements: H. 62.2 cm (24.5 in); W. 49.5 cm (19.5 in); D. 14.5 cm (5.75 in); Depth of boss 6.5 cm (2.5 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 250.1379-1381
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 246
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The shape is E8, and there are no outline mouldings.
A and C (broad): Each face has a deep central boss.
B and D (narrow): Plain.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
This type of cross is difficult to date. Its shape could have derived from a type like Whalley (Collingwood 1927, fig. 132), but the plain head type without mouldings seems to be post-Conquest. The very unweathered appearance of this head creates the suspicion that it could be comparatively recent.
