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Object type: Part of cross-head [1]
Measurements: H. 29.3 cm (11.5 in); W. 49.6 cm (19.5 in); D. 13.8 cm (5.5 in)
Stone type: Fine- to medium-grained, slightly micaceous, yellow to yellow-brown (10YR 7/7–6/8) sandstone, crudely carved into bedding planes; see no. 1
Plate numbers in printed volume: 554-557
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 161
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The cross-arms approximate to type B10.
A (broad): There is a broad, plain, and uneven edge moulding. Each arm contains a single tight spiral scroll, that of the upper arm being half lost. The scrolls are connected by a linking strand which passes round a lost circular boss now hacked out.
B (narrow): The arm end carries an incised angular cross with shrunken lateral arms, the upper arm at least being clearly of type E6.
C (broad): The plain edge moulding is identical with face A's. In the centre are the scarred remains of a defaced human head and shoulder. Above it grows a random spiral. The right-hand arm has a spiral with irregular filler elements above and below it. The other arm has very confused groupings of irregular elements, difficult to interpret.
D (narrow): Defaced.
The thickness of the fragment does not agree with that of Kirkdale 4; neither is it possible to accommodate the figure carving of face B with the ornament of the shaft, nor to match what would have been a top-heavy head with a slender shaft. The monuments are closely related, but are not parts of a single cross. The human head might be part of a Crucifixion; but then, the position of the arms would present a problem. A cross-head at Lythe, North Riding (Collingwood 1911a, 287, fig. a) does have a human head in the usual position for a boss and the circle-head (no. 3) at Bromfield in Cumberland is comparable (Bailey and Cramp 1988, 81, ills. 177–9); in which case the figure could be a portrait rather than a Crucifixion. The fillers around the head are tempting to interpret as naturalistic features but in its present condition it is impossible to confirm Collingwood's bird or lamb. The recessed boss on face A may have been the seating for an inlaid metal appliqué in the manner of the earlier cross, Lastingham 4, and the plaque, Middleton 9.
