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Object type: Part of cross-shaft and -head [1]
Measurements: H. 28 cm (11 in); W. 11.5 cm (4.5 in); D. 9 cm (3.5 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, calcareous, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sandstone; Middle Calcareous Grit, Coralline Oolite Formation, Middle Oxfordian, Upper Jurassic; probably from old quarry north-east of church at Stonegrave.
Plate numbers in printed volume: 699-702
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 193-194
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Parts of only two carved faces survive.
A (broad): Within a plain, flat edge moulding, the stump of the lower cross-arm has slight remains of median-incised interlace. A damaged pellet serves as a filler in the centre of the base. The shaft has a plain, flat edge moulding at the side and across the top of the panel. Within it is another strip decorated with step pattern 1, and within that a narrow plain moulding. The centre of the panel contains the remains of a profile beast with double outline and narrow fetter bands crossing its body. Its chest, raised fore leg and three-toed hind foot survive.
B (narrow): Within a plain, flat-band moulding defining the cross-head is what may have been part of an irregular straight line pattern. The shaft has an outer edge moulding identical with face A's, and within it is a narrow strip of step pattern (drawn by Collingwood (1911a, fig. g on 298) as two-strand twist). Within this is a narrow plain moulding containing the remains of an interlace using median-incised strands.
C–F: Broken away.
The triple edge mouldings, the central one being decorative, suggest that the piece is part of the same monument as no. 2. The profile beast, with its S-formation, contoured outline, and fettering, is typical of Ryedale animals; close parallels occur on Pickering 1 (Ill. 751), and Ellerburn 1 (Ill. 427). This is the smaller variety, though its posture, details, and single occupancy of the panel are related to the larger type, such as Middleton 1. Much has been made of the Jellinge-style characteristics of these beasts (see Chap. 9); their immediate origins probably lie in the Anglo-Scandinavian carvings of the York Metropolitan School (Lang 1978b). By analogy with Ellerburn 1, the cross-head was probably a ring-type (see p. 126).
