A small, irregularly-shaped fragment decorated in low relief on its only visible face. One short surviving edge is also an original edge: it has a plain, slightly rounded border marked off by a simple fillet and groove, which together form a complex angle moulding. The remainder of the decoration comprises fine-stranded interlace with large interstices, in a pattern whose overall form is not readily intelligible from what survives. The interlace is worked systematically over and under.

It is not obvious what form of monument this fragment derives from. It is small enough to be part of a large cross-arm, but might equally come from a shaft or even from a rectangular cover or other form of decorative panel. The relatively developed border, accomplished technique, and thin-stranded interlace worked in a complex pattern may suggest a pre-Viking date. Asymmetrical thin-stranded interlace on a cross-head is seen, for example, at Irton, Cumberland (Bailey and Cramp 1988, 115–17, ill. 359) and in a highly complex geometrical usage on the large rectangular cover Kirkdale 8, Yorkshire NR (Lang 1991, 162–3, ill. 563): both these are dated to the early ninth century.

The context for such early work may lie in the resting place of St Hygbald at the adjacent parish of Hibaldstow (Rollason 1978, 89), and an early monastic establishment at Ceceseg, nearby (Stocker 1993, 113–14). This also makes the suggestion of a shrine fragment, similar to Kirkdale 8, more plausible.