A small fragment from a much larger stone decorated with interlace in low relief. The surviving interlace consists of two box points terminating a four-strand plait at a boundary which marks the end of this run of interlace. The interlace strands themselves are of square section.

This fragment is very similar in layout to Creeton 5 (Ill. 123), of which somewhat more survives. Like Creeton 5, Syston 1 is probably a section from the base of a shaft; the surviving interlace represents the start of a run of four-strand plait decorating the narrow side panel. However, Syston 1 is made from a different stone type from Creeton 5 (which is a member of the South Kesteven shaft group and in Barnack stone). Syston, although it seems to share the same design (at least on this face), is in the local Ancaster stone and shows very clearly the close relationship between the designs on these late cross-shafts even though they are produced at different quarries. Despite the differences in stone type the Syston shaft must be dated to the same period as the South Kesteven group – the late tenth or eleventh century.