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Object type: Fragment of slab or grave-cover
Measurements: L. 42 cm (16.5 in); W. (max.) 12 cm (4.7 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium-grained red sandstone (St Bees sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 379
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 119
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Only one face is visible.
A (top): Part of the upper end of a slab with cable-moulded edge. About half of a cross, type B10, survives. It is carved in low relief and the arms are outlined with a deep groove which forms a wide flat-band border. In the centre is a flat boss.
This fragment may have been part of a grave-cover, such as those from West Witton or Wensley, Yorkshire (Collingwood 1927a, fig. 17, b–c) which, although more elaborate, bear similarly shaped crosses. Alternatively, it could have been a cross-bearing slab performing some liturgical function inside a church, as has been postulated for Escomb 7, co. Durham (Cramp 1984, pl. 55, 271). The cross shape is found elsewhere in Cumbria in the freestanding form, as at Irton (no. 1).
