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Object type: Cross-shaft and part of -head [1]
Measurements: H. 124 cm (48.75 in); W. (head) 42.3 cm (16.75 in) (shaft) 34.5 cm > 28 cm (13.6 > 11 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium- to coarse-grained, off-white (10YR 8/2) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 552
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 159-160
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Only one face is visible.
A (broad): There is a broad, plain edge moulding. The arms are type B10. Each contains a tight spiral scroll.
The shaft is covered with debased ornament, apparently two parallel rows of broad, median-incised, interlocking L-shaped elements, executed in stopped-plait technique. The pattern may have been intended to be read as two rows of three-strand plain plait. Towards the base of the shaft is an arched plain moulding with a three-lobed finial on its crest.
B–D: Built in.
Stopped-plait is found near by on the Helmsley hogback (no. 1; Ill. 478), and is a common feature of debased work in Cumbria (Bailey and Cramp 1988, 35–6), and Galloway (for example, at Whithorn (Collingwood 1922–3, 217–18, no. 14)). The Ryedale version is very angular and confined to the western end of the region: probably the work of a particular sculptor. The spirals are found on other crosses from this site, more roughly executed than those on the hogback (no. 9; Ill. 553). The three-lobed terminal is faintly reminiscent of palmettes of late Viking styles but is more likely a bungled attempt at a triquetra knot. It is possible that the arched moulding accommodated a related recumbent monument with a pitched roof, in the manner of the hogback and cross groupings.
