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Object type: Part of cross-head
Measurements: H. 36 cm (14.25 in); W. (centre of boss to arm-end): 32 cm (12.5 in); D. 13 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone (Carboniferous)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 414 - 16, 421
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 124-125
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Cross-head type 10E, with ring (a) and narrower outer ring (b). Both broad faces are bordered by a roll moulding.
A (broad): At the centre is a boss with a hole drilled into the crown. This is surrounded by a strand forming an irregular unpinned loop in one arm. The other is broken away.
B (narrow): Unornamented.
C (broad): The remains of a central boss are surrounded by unidentifiable interlace in the surviving arms.
D (narrow): Unornamented.
The double ring is shared with Burton in Kendal 4 and the circle-head, Irton 2. Such double rings are a fashion also in Ryedale, Yorkshire in the Viking period, though it is unlikely that this Cumbrian piece is linked to the Yorkshire group (Bailey 1980, 183).
