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Object type: Part of cross-head [1]
Measurements: H. 39.5 cm (15.5 in); W. 28 cm (11 in); D. 17.3 cm (6.8 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, shelly, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 433-434
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 129
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A (broad): The surviving lateral arm is of type B10, a simple wedge; the upper limb, though trimmed, had a curved arm-terminal, type E10. A plain, flat perimeter moulding of slightly varying width contains an interlace using broad, median-incised strands. In each arm it has a free ring crossed by long diagonals. The upper arm apparently ends in a bar terminal, and this was presumably also the case with the others. There is no motif in the centre of the cross.
B (narrow): The sub-circular arm-pit is dressed with a pick. The terminal of the arm is flat and has a flat edge moulding. Within it are the remains of two closed circuit loops with median-incised strands.
C (broad) and D (narrow): Built in
See no. 3. The free-armed cross-head whose upper limb is a convex hammer is found on Middleton 3 and Hovingham 1, within the vicinity. None of the group indulges in zoomorphic or figure carving. The form of the cross and its liking for interlace suggest the atelier looked towards late Anglian survivals, perhaps at Stonegrave.
