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Object type: Lower part of cross-shaft
Measurements:
Total height: 67 cm (26.4 in)
Shaft: H. 54 cm (21.3 in); W. 32 > 23 cm (12.6 > 9 in); D. 20 cm (7.8 in)
Tenon: 13 x 26 x 13 cm (5 x 10.3 x 5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained orange/red sandstone (Penrith sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 480 - 3
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 136
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The stone is now upside down, as is clear from the tapering dimensions of the broad face; the following description assumes, therefore, that it is reversed from its present position. Above the tenon, by which the shaft was presumably fixed to a socket, there are traces of interlace on all four sides.
A (west, broad): Interlace of a now unidentifiable type with traces of lateral and lower borders.
B (south, narrow): Only fragmentary traces of interlace remain.
C (east, broad): Incised lines marking the lower border and lateral frames of a single panel are still clearly visible though the interlace type within these borders is no longer identifiable.
D (north, narrow): Only fragmentary traces of interlace remain.
The ornament is now too badly worn to permit analysis. The survival of a tenon at the base of the shaft is rare among Northumbrian sculptures though there are examples from Yorkshire at Lastingham, Tanfield and Ilkley (Collingwood 1907a, 358; idem 1911a, 300; idem 1915a, 194). Most crosses seem to have been set directly into the ground or were stabilized by passing through a socket or 'collar', like Beckermet St John 7 and Brigham 9, without any attempt at jointing.
