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Object type: Arm of cross-head
Measurements: H. 22 cm (8.6 in); W. 17 > 14 cm (6.7 > 5.5 in); D. unknown
Stone type: Greyish orange pink (5YR 7/2), otherwise as Abson 1. Bath Stone, Chalfield Oolite Formation or possibly Athelstan Oolite Formation, Great Oolite Group, Middle Jurassic — nearest source about 4 km east of Abson.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 2
Corpus volume reference: Vol 10 p. 126
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The wedge-shaped arm from a B6? cross-head (Cramp 1991, fig. 2), or possible a small free-standing cross. The face carries a continuous strand of median-incised interlace wrapped into a mirror-image design within a wide, flat-profile edge moulding.
The interlace is similar to the fill of many small carved panels in the region, for example the panels that appear on each face of a mid ninth-century cross-shaft from Gloucester (Gloucester St Oswald 4, Ills. 287–90). This stone is probably part of the same monument as no. 1 from the site.
