The lower part of the shaft seems intact.

A (broad): Plain edge mouldings terminate in inward turning spirals, whilst an inner moulding is simply incised. Between the spirals is a pendant arrow-head terminal; there may be picked eyes upon it, in which case it is zoomorphic. Below this the stone is undecorated. Within the panel is a standing figure, portrayed frontally in a kirtle and belt with a horizontal sheath. The legs and feet are shown in profile. The head and shoulders are lost. A pellet lies between the legs and another is at the left-hand side. Flanking the legs are zig-zag snakes.

B (narrow): There are thin double mouldings terminating in inward turning spirals, the inner moulding being in the form of a two-strand twist. Within the panel, a third narrow, plain moulding contains a run of bungled interlace, perhaps a form of four-strand plain plait, which terminates in a pendant arrow-head between the scrolls. The lower part of the face is undecorated.

C (broad): Plain double mouldings terminate towards the bottom in spirals. Within the panel is the U-shaped rump of a profile beast with double outline and transverse fetters. Its tail is extended and a scroll serves as a filler, being a terminal of a disorganized band which meanders down between the scrolls of the edge mouldings. This infill fits inside a pendant V-shaped band in the centre which has flanking spirals which coil in a contrary direction to the spirals above. The base of the face is uncarved. The cutting is deep and there is some modelling.

D (narrow): There are thin double mouldings, terminating towards the bottom in inward-turning spirals. Between the scrolls is a pendant arrow-head, which forms the terminal of an interlace, apparently a form of half pattern B, executed in flattish strands. The base of the face is damaged, but was apparently uncarved.

This eclectic monument brings together a number of motifs from other Ryedale sites, though the handling of the borders is original. The terminal scrolls are found at Sinnington and Kirkbymoorside but nowhere else; they may be a local reflex of erupting scrolls such as those on the Newgate shaft at York. The pendant arrow-head is unique to Levisham. It may derive from decorative swags on round-shaft derivative crosses, for example, Lastingham 1. The human figure is closely related to the Middleton series of portraits but is by a different hand, as the cutting techniques confirm. The figure probably slightly post-dates the Middleton portraits. The S-beast of face C also has parallels in Pickering 1 (Ill. 751), and Ellerburn 1 (Ill. 427). The Levisham fettering is much looser, however, another indication of the carver's individuality asserting itself despite the eclecticism.