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Object type: Cross-head or grave-marker(?)
Measurements: H. 36 cm (14.6 in); W. 41 cm (16.6 in); D. 11 cm (4.6 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 258.1404, 259.1405
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 249-250
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The stone is fashioned on a solid block with the cross shape in low relief and the ends of the arms projecting slightly beyond the circular block.
A and C (broad): A cross, B6 in form, but the arms are cut through by a large circular centre.
B and D (narrow): Plain.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
It seems that this type of monument could develop out of types such as Birtley 3. The increase in the size of the centre roundel seems to be a post-Conquest characteristic and eventually only the vestiges of the ends of the cross-arms survive on the slab.
