The Corpus: Middleton 07

Volume 3: York and Eastern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Middleton 07, Eastern Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-head [1]

Measurements: H. 20.5 cm (8 in); W. 24.2 cm (9.5 in); D. 10.8 cm (4.25 in)

Stone type: Medium-grained (with subangular grains) yellow-brown (10YR 4/6) sandstone; see no. 1.

Plate numbers in printed volume: 692-693

Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 186

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Present Location

Cemented to top of no. 4

Evidence for Discovery

First recorded in 1907 (Collingwood 1907, 371)

Church Dedication

St Andrew

Present Condition

Cemented to wall; worn

Description

The stone is part of a ring-headed cross.

A (broad): The arm-type approximates to type D9. It has a flat perimeter moulding enclosing interlace using broad, flat strands. The pattern seems to have been a form of four-strand plain plait, reducing to two at the narrow part of the arm.

B and D (narrow): The stump of a stepped ring survives. A bungled twist is formed by the flat moulding.

C (broad): Built in.

Discussion

See no. 2.

Date

Tenth century

References

Collingwood 1907, 371, figs. e–f on 371; Collingwood 1912a, 126; Binns 1956, 25, fig. 4; Lang 1973, 17–18

Endnotes

1. The following are general references to the Middleton stones: Allen and Browne 1885, 353; Frank 1888, 178; Morris 1931, 264; Mee 1941a, 161; Binns 1963, 40-3, pls.; Taylor and Taylor 1965, I, 423; Sawyer 1971, 163-6, 212; Lang 1989, 2, 3-5.