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Object type: Architectural feature(?) [1]
Measurements: H. c. 51 cm (20 in); W. c. 56 cm (22 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Coarse-grained (with rounded grains), brownish-yellow (10YR 6/6) sandstone; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; perhaps from around Aislaby, near Whitby (see Fig. 5).
Plate numbers in printed volume: 484
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 146
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A type D9 cusped free-armed cross is cut in high relief from a picked background. There is no surface carving. The left-hand arm end does not reach the end of the stone.
The cross type is Anglian and common in the ninth century. The piece may be unfinished since it shows only rough working. A similar but more decorative plaque adorns the west wall of Middleton church (no. 9; Ill. 694), in an identical position over the west doorway of the eleventh-century tower, though its ornament is ninth-century. The Hovingham plaque was probably originally turned through 90 degrees to judge from the proportions of the arms and the gap on the left-hand side.
