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Object type: Part of cross-head
Measurements: H. 32.5 cm (12.8 in); W. 47 cm (18.5 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained red sandstone (St Bees sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 636 - 9
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 166-167
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The head is a form of plate-head with arm type B8.
A and C (broad): The arms are formed from cutting away the block background, but leaving a raised outer rim. In the centre of the head a boss has been formed by grooving around it, producing a ring between the boss and the arms.
B and D (narrow): Plain.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
This type of cross-head belongs to a transitional period, but develops from a type such as Kirkby Stephen no. 7. The raised rim round the outer edge is not found east of the Pennines, but the cross type is popular in the transitional period throughout Northumbria (see Cramp 1984, pls. 255, 1390–7 and 263, 1424).
