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Object type: Part of cross-arm
Measurements: H. 25 cm (9.75 in); W. 22 > 17 cm (8.7 > 6.5 in); D. 14.5 cm (5.75 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, micaceous pink sandstone (Carboniferous)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 241 - 4
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 92-93
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The end of the arm is missing.
A (broad): Part of a roll moulding survives and possibly part of two interlaced plant medallions. The thickened strands within the medallions and at the intersection of the strands would seem to indicate leaves or other plant forms but they are too worn for details to be deciphered.
B (narrow): The hole points of the interlace and the ghost of the strands survive but it is difficult to determine their pattern type.
C (broad): The pattern is completely worn away, only some of the hole points survive.
D (narrow): Part of two registers of simple or half pattern F.
Little definite can be said of such an eroded stone, but it makes an interesting addition to the Cumbrian corpus of sculpture and occurs at a site where excavation might have reasonably been expected to produce one (Introduction, p. 10). The surviving simple pattern F knots are distinctive of this area (ibid., p. 17).
