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Object type: Part of cross-shaft and -head [1]
Measurements: (after Collingwood 1907): H. 45.7 cm (18 in); W. 28 cm (11 in)
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: 815
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 212
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Collingwood's drawing (1907, fig. b on 387) shows only one face.
A (broad): The fragment consisted of the top of the shaft and the neck. It appears to have been part of a ring-head, the pierced lower arm-pits being clearly shown. The head carried traces of indecipherable ornament with wedge-shaped fillers, perhaps interlace of some kind. The shaft had a flat double edge moulding, the inner strip framing the top of the panel, and the horizontal moulding above it being cabled. Within were arcs, possibly from a tight spiral scroll with flat stems.
The ring-head is common at other Ryedale sites. The ornament seems primitive when not actually damaged. Collingwood dated it 'B', i.e., late ninth to early eleventh century.
