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Object type: Cross-base
Measurements: L. 106 cm (41.7 in) W. 88 cm (34.6 in) H. 30 cm (12 in); socket c. 50 cm (20 in) x c. 40 cm (16 in)
Stone type: As Hawsker 1 (Hawsker Hall, Low Hawsker)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 319–22
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 123-124
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The socket is undecorated and is of composite construction. It consists of two major stones, C-shaped, which embrace the shaft and are separated by three smaller packing stones.
This, according to Collingwood, is the shaft's original socket (1911, 280). It was carefully recorded by McCall in July 1909 (ibid., 281), and was repaired with steel holdfasts after the shaft fell in April 1974. An account of the repairs is to be found in The Dalesman for September 1975, 443–4.
