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Object type: Cross-head
Measurements: H. 24.6 cm (9.7 in); W. 31 cm (12.25 in); D. (incomplete) 7.6 cm (3 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, bioturbated, yellow (2.5Y 7/6) sandstone; Middle Calcareous Grit Member, Coralline Oolite Formation, Upper Jurassic; probably from Filey Brig (see Fig. 5)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 502
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 149
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The free-armed cross is of type 10 with widely curving armpits. It is impossible to reconstruct the lost arm ends though the arms were widely splayed. The perimeter moulding is narrow and modelled. In the centre, though not perfectly placed, are two concentric raised rings, formed from very narrow strands, within which is a hollowed boss. There is little evidence of Collingwood's setting for a coloured stone. Above the boss is a diagonal scratch and a lightly incised scroll which may be secondary.
The workmanship is assured even if the ornament is restrained. The boss is probably a skeuomorph of metal rivet covers. Plain crosses, as Collingwood indicated, are found in the Anglian series from York but are difficult to date stylistically.
