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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 34 cm (13.4 in); W. 29.5 cm (11.6 in); D. Built in
Stone type: Medium-grained, brownish-yellow (10YR 6/6) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 429
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 127
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A: The fragment consists of the top portion of the shaft and neck of a cross. There is a flat plain edge moulding which swings into the neck. Within the panel is crude interlace using broad median-incised strands, deeply cut with a punch. The strands vary in thickness. The pattern may have been a form of pattern F, but was more likely a plain plait.
B–D: Said by the Rev. J. Thornton, vicar of Ellerburn, to have no carving on the other sides . . . (Collingwood 1907, 316).
Collingwood convincingly suggested that the cross-head, no. 7 (Ills. 433–4), belongs to this shaft. It is not expert work, but uses the simplified interlace typical of Anglo-Scandinavian pieces.
