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Object type: Part of shaft and head of cross [1]
Measurements: H. 33.5 cm (13.2 in); W. 23.5 > 22 cm (9.25 > 8.7 in); D. 12.7 > 12.5 cm (5 > 4.9 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained (with subangular grains) yellow-brown (10YR 4/6) sandstone; see no. 1.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 686-687
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 185
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The stump of a ring of type 1(a), which had a crest, survives, but not enough of the head to identify the arm-type.
A (broad): Only the end of the lower arm of the cross survives, containing the terminals of an interlace (probably part of a Stafford Knot) using broad, flat strands. Below, the edge moulding is cabled and turns across the top of the panel which is filled by the remaining head and shoulder of a frontally depicted man with pointed head-gear and incised eyes and nose in a continuous line. At the left is the upper end of a spear and an irregular pellet filler. At the right is a rough vertical element surmounted by a bird-like filler.
B (narrow): Below the stump of the ring of the cross-head, there is a flat edge moulding framing the top of a panel containing one free ring and part of a second, interlaced with long diagonals and with a bar terminal at the top. The strands are broad and flat.
C (broad): Not visible.
D (narrow): Not seen.
This may have formed part of the same monument as the cross-arm, no. 7, to which it is now cemented, but it is impossible to be certain, as too little of the intervening cross-head survives. For a discussion of the ornament, see no. 2.
