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Object type: Part of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 85.7 cm (33.75 in); W. 29.5 cm (11.6 in); D. 35.8 cm (14.1 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, calcareous, very pale brown (10YR 8/4) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 435-436
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 128
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?B (narrow): The lowest part of the shaft has been cut into a cushion capital with spiral motifs. The inset roll moulding running along the edge is primary. At the truncated upper end of the shaft are the remains of humped strands forming the base of a panel of angular interlace or fret. The lowest strand runs across the stone at a shallow pitch, with an extended volute and a single twist. The left-hand edge is cut away along the whole length of the stone.
A, C and D: Built in.
E and F: Recut.
Little remains of use to stylistic analysis. The style of cutting is more like the modelled strands of the Levisham pieces than the flatter ones at Ellerburn or Middleton. The spiral on the corner is an echo of Levisham 1. Levisham and Ellerburn are similar remote valley sites and fairly close to each other.
