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Object type: Part of grave-cover
Measurements: L. 71 cm (28 in); W. 24 cm (9.5 in); D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
Stone type: Fine- to medium-grained, non-micaceous, yellow (10YR 7/8) sandstone; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; probably from North Yorkshire Moors (around Aislaby?), near Whitby.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 450
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 130
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Only one face is visible, now seen from below.
A (top): There is a broad, plain edge moulding on one long side. Within it is a run of well cut, regular interlace: one register and parts of two others of complete pattern C, only half of the mirror image pattern now visible, using broad, flat, double strands which themselves interlace. Pace Adcock (1974, I, 125) it is not clear that the left-hand side is part of a terminal register.
B (side): Plain; probably recut.
C–F: Built in.
The stone is difficult to examine carefully and the taper noticed by Collingwood is not clear. Its slimness suggests that it is a grave-cover rather than an impost, its closest parallel being the slab, Kirkdale 8 (Ills. 564–7). The quality of the layout and cutting is very high. The flat strands of the interlace closely resemble those of Kirkbymoorside 6 (Ill. 536), and Stonegrave 2 (Ills. 824, 828). Indeed, Adcock considered the carving to be by the same hand as Kirkbymoorside 6. She perceived links with Lindisfarne, Northumberland, and Jarrow, co. Durham, and recognized techniques found at Monkwearmouth (1974, 124–5). The double strands, and the predeliction for Pattern C, are all Bernician features.
The fragment, Gilling East 1 (Ill. 440), also reflects Bernician plant-scroll usage, suggesting contact in the pre-Viking period between eastern Yorkshire and the more northerly Northumbrian sculpture sites.
