Select a site alphabetically from the choices shown in the box below. Alternatively, browse sculptural examples using the Forward/Back buttons.
Chapters for this volume, along with copies of original in-text images, are available here.
Object type: Part of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 48 cm (19 in); W. 18.2 > 15 cm (7.2 > 6 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Coarse-grained, light red (2.5 YR 6/8) grit, with evidence of burning; Millstone Grit, Namurian, Middle Carboniferous; probably reused Roman ashlar from York, perhaps originally from area of Hetchell Crag (Thorner) (see Fig. 5)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 507
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 150
(There may be more views or larger images available for this item. Click on the thumbnail image to view.)
Only one face is visible.
?B (narrow): A plain, flat edge moulding runs along each side and along the top, where it is slightly wider. The panel contains a long run of six-strand plain plait. Its U-bend terminals survive at the top; the bends are very angular, especially along the left-hand edge. The strands are humped in section.
A, C and D: Built in.
It is difficult to see why Collingwood included this piece in his late grouping of the Kirby Grindalythe stones, as its pattern is a very common one in Anglo-Scandinavian monuments in the North Riding. The close weaving of the pattern and its angularity are also typical of this period.
