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Object type: Upper part of cross-shaft
Measurements: H. 24.4 cm (9.5 in); W. 17.8 cm (7 in); D. 12.7 cm (5 in)
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: 23 - 4
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 49-50
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A (broad): The published illustration shows the upper part of a panel, with arched frame at the top, bordered laterally by flat-band mouldings. An incomplete inner arched frame encloses an indecipherable figural scene with, above, a horizontal line of battlement pattern beneath two billets.
B and D (narrow): No information available.
C (broad): The published illustration shows unframed and now indecipherable ornament (key pattern?).
The illustration published by Martindale is so clearly doctored that it cannot be used as a reliable record of the ornament. The apparent use of a simple arched frame, distinct from the border mouldings and lacking any architectural details, reflects a north-western preference in the Viking period (see Burton in Kendal 1–2).
