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Object type: Part of cross-arm [1]
Measurements: H. 25.5 cm (10 in); W. 17.5 cm (7 in); D. 17.8 cm (7 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, micaceous, very pale brown (10YR 8/3) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 781-784
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 205
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The end of an arm, probably from a type E11 free-armed cross.
A (broad): The perimeter moulding is flat. Within, broad, median-incised strands form a the terminals of an interlace pattern.
B (narrow): Worn and damaged.
C (broad): This face is extremely worn but has traces of broad, median-incised strands, forming the terminals of an interlace.
D (narrow): Broken away.
E (top): The convex surface is damaged and pock-marked.
Collingwood reconstructed the cross-head as an example of his penannular type (1911a, 271). Similar crosses are found in Elmet (e.g. at Aberford, West Riding (idem 1915, figs. a–f on 130)). The Sherburn piece does not share their exaggerated form and is a far cry from the Whithorn stones with which Collingwood compares it.
