The Corpus: Bromfield 01

Volume 2: Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire-North-of-the-Sands

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Current Display: Bromfield 01, Cumberland

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-shaft and -head, in several pieces, now cemented together

Measurements: H. 76 cm (30 in); W. (transverse arms) 37.5 cm (14.75 in) (shaft) 44 > 38 cm (17.25 > 15 in); D. 14 cm (5.5 in)

Stone type: (head): medium-grained red sandstone; (shaft fragments): medium-grained yellow sandstone (Carboniferous)

Plate numbers in printed volume: 172

Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 80

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Present Location

West end of north aisle, inside

Evidence for Discovery

Found on 4 June 1888, beneath stone platform in churchyard which had served as base of a later medieval cross (Calverley 1891a, 122)

Church Dedication

St Kentigern

Present Condition

Cross found in (at least) eleven fragments, all heavily worn; since cemented together

Description

Cross-head with horizontal arms of type B10 and upper arm of type 10c; slab-like shaft. Decoration only visible on face A.

A (broad): An encircled boss at the centre of the head is the only decoration which clearly survives, though there are possible traces of a grooved moulding bordering the head and flanking the shaft. In certain lights there is a suggestion of horizontal mouldings leading from the circle into the arms; these may be the remains of a cruciform head pattern, type 2b/3b.

Discussion

Possibly a product of the spiral-scroll school (Introduction, pp. 33–8).

Date

Tenth to eleventh century

References

Ferguson 1887–9, 302–3; Calverley 1891a, 120–6, fig. facing 128; Calverley 1893a, 174; Calverley 1899a, 80–3, 298, fig. facing 80; Collingwood 1899–1901, 324; Collingwood 1901a, 259; Collingwood 1901c, 292; Collingwood 1923c, 243; Fair 1950, 98; Bailey 1974a, I, 77, II, 68, pls.

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