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Object type: Part of cross-shaft
Measurements: H. 30.5 cm (12 in); W. 31.2 cm (12.25 in); D. 16.6 cm (6.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) grit; Millstone Grit, Namurian, Upper Carboniferous; reused Roman ashlar, originally from Hetchell Crag (Thorner) or Otley areas (see Fig. 5).
Plate numbers in printed volume: 381-384
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 113
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A (broad): A broad, flat moulding at the base turns to a slightly narrower edge moulding on the left-hand edge. In the centre of the panel is the terminal of a four-strand plain plait, using plain, narrow, modelled strands. Alternate strands fuse at the bottom into thicker strands which then expand to terminate in trefoil lobes. From each lower corner of the panel rises a tendril with faint voluted tip. Above them is a motif with a single arc on the outside and three on the inside.
B (narrow) and C (broad): Broken away.
D (narrow): The lower part of the stone is plain. A strand descends and turns in a curl with faint volute. The shaft seems to have tapered sharply.
There is no other monument in the region with motifs quite like the ones on this shaft. The pattern is symmetrical like so many York pieces but the motifs are unusually foliate, without any sense of organic growth.
