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Object type: Fragment, probably from a cross-shaft
Measurements: L.46 cm (18.1 in) W. 33 cm (13 in) D. 26 cm (10.2 in)
Stone type: [Ancaster Freestone, Upper Lincolnshire Limestone, Inferior Oolite Group]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 325
Corpus volume reference: Vol 5 p. 243-244
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The fragment has been set in the wall with only the north and east faces visible. The north face is decorated with interlace in low relief, but this has been trimmed back and is only clearly seen under a strong raking light. The decoration consists of a complete panel framed with a border of linked raised lozenges or diamonds. Within this border is a single unit of four-strand interlace with two free ends and two asymmetrical loops (motif type viii or xii, Fig. 10). The east face has been recut.
This fragment probably represents a large standing shaft of similar dimensions to that at Brattleby (Ills. 60–4, 66–7). These two form an isolated pair in the county in that both cross-shafts share the rather odd border decoration with raised lozenges – presumably, ultimately, a derivative of cable moulding. The Ruskington fragment should thus probably be dated on the strength of its similarities with the Brattleby 1 shaft to the later tenth or early eleventh century.
