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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft
Measurements: L. 40 cm (15.7 in) W. 32 cm (12.6 in) D. Built in
Stone type: Yellowish grey (10YR 8/2) shelly oolitic limestone. Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group [probably Barnack]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 123
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 142
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A fragment from the lower end of a shaft decorated with interlace in low relief. The visible face retains an undecorated border of rectangular section enclosing two box points which terminate a run of four-strand plait. The lower part of the face is undecorated.
This stone is clearly the lowest part of a standing shaft. The visible interlace probably represents the narrower side panel of a South Kesteven type shaft of which there is a good, almost intact, example at the same site (Creeton 1 above). Such interlace is the most common decoration of the narrow sides of such shafts and, although likely to be of later tenth or eleventh century date, it is not more precisely datable.
