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Object type: Cross-base
Measurements: H. 18 cm (7 in); W. 61 cm (24 in); D. (max.) 38 cm (15 in); Socket: 30 x (incomplete) x 17 cm (11.8 x (incomplete) x 6.7 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, micaceous red sandstone (St Bees sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 80 - 5
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 60-61
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Interlace decoration, with median-incised strands, is set in panels which are framed by roll mouldings on the top and on the three remaining sides.
A: Ring-twist with bar terminals.
B: Ring-twist with bar terminals.
C: Cut away.
D: Interlace of unidentifiable type.
E (top): Six-strand plain plait which links to the remains of a single register of simple pattern E along the best-preserved narrow edge of the socket hole. A binding across one of the strands (or perhaps a miscutting) is visible in the top left corner.
Beckermet school (Introduction, pp. 38–40). The socket is one whose proportions are best paralleled at Brigham (no. 9); this may be a north-western type. The 'binding' of parallel strands is repeated elsewhere in the school on Beckermet St John 4 and 6, on Haile 2, and on Workington 4.
