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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 26.5 cm (10.4 in); W. 15.5 cm (6 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium-grained, non-calcareous, yellow (10YR 8/6) sandstone; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; from North Yorkshire Moors?
Plate numbers in printed volume: 505
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 150
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B (narrow): The only visible face is probably the narrow side of a shaft. At each side is a plain moulding slightly humped in section. The single panel is filled with irregular interlace knots separated by long glides. Two knots remain. The upper one is damaged; the lower one has a bifurcating strand, and looks like a bungled version of simple pattern F (Carrick Bend), set horizontally. The strands are median-incised and modelled in section. Within the glides were circular domed bosses which have been cut away; the lower one almost intrudes upon the interlacing strands of the knot.
A, C and D: Built in.
The carving is confident, and the depth of relief in the carving when the stone was new must have been considerable. The bifurcating strand is a rare feature and is usually associated with late work of the Anglo-Scandinavian period: see Folkton 2. Unfortunately, this device has led to bungling of the knot as it resulted in a loose end. Collingwood includes this piece, along with nos. 2 and 5, in his late dating of the pieces from this site. The insertion of round bosses in the glides is also found on an architectural fragment from Lastingham (no. 7; Ill. 601), a piece which seems to fit happily into a ninth-century Anglian context.
