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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 84 cm (33 in); W. 33 > 31 cm (13 > 12.25 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium-grained, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) sandstone, with yellowish-brown (7.5YR 5/6) limonitic nodules and patches; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; probably from Whitby area (see Fig. 5)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 902
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 227
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Only one face is visible.
The shaft is quite plain except for a double edge moulding. The outer one is cabled, and the inner, plain.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
There are many plain shafts such as this in the north of England. They are impossible to date at all finely.
