Volume 2: Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands
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Current Display: Aspatria 04, Cumberland 
Overview
Object type: Fragment, possibly of cross-shaft
Measurements: H. 22 cm (8.75 in); W. 35 cm (13.75 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Coarse-grained, micaceous yellow sandstone (Carboniferous)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 30
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 52
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Present Location
Built into north wall of church, outside
Evidence for Discovery
Found in dyke-side of field behind vicarage at some date immediately prior to April 1898 (Calverley 1899a, 20)
Church Dedication
St Kentigern
Present Condition
Good
Description
No information is available about faces other than the one now visible. To the right is a roll-moulded border flanking spiral-scroll ornament, including both a trefoil leaf and a pointed leaf with scooped lobes.
Discussion
Spiral-scroll school (Introduction, pp. 33–8).
Date
Tenth to eleventh century
References
Calverley 1899a, 20, pl. facing 20; Bailey 1974a, I, 47–80, II, 21, pl.
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