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Object type: Part of ring-headed cross with elongated upper arm [1]
Measurements: H. 45.75 cm (18 in); W. 42 cm (16.5 in); D. 15.25 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pls. 132.718-719, 133.722-723
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 139-140
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The head, arm type E10 with ring 1(a), is surrounded by a grooved moulding.
A (broad): In the centre of the head is a plain bold boss. The ground immediately above and below is plain. Each arm contains a simple pattern F element with included U-bend terminals, linked by two strands.
B (narrow): On the end of the horizontal arm a four-strand plain plait.
C (broad): The pattern is so worn as to be almost undecipherable; it seems to be a mirror image of that on A.
D (narrow): On the end of the horizontal arm a four-strand plain plait.
This type of head is closely paralleled at Northallerton and Kirklevington (Collingwood 1915, 373 and 350), both in form and knot pattern. It probably derives, however, from the more elegant head type at Brompton (ibid., fig. 301J-L), where the shape and the knots are similar, but the ring is beaded and the boss enclosed in a moulding (Introduction, p. 9).
