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Object type: Lower part of shaft in two joining fragments
Measurements: H. 113 cm (44.5 in) W. 39.5 > 35 cm (15.5 > 13.7 in) D. 19 > 17 cm (7.5 > 6.7 in)
Stone type: Poor quality micaceous sandstone, poorly sorted with sub-angular grains, cross-bedded; an Upper Carboniferous coalmeasure sandstone containing plant fragments. The stone has been burnt to a patchy pink colour (5YR 7/4); the original rock colour seems to be also pinkish grey (10YR 7/2). Coal Measure (Westphalian, Upper Carboniferous) sandstone, probably from a west Yorkshire source, via Roman York
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 323–4, 326–7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 124
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A roughly shaped tenon 20 cm long and 15 cm wide occupies the base of the shaft.
A (broad) : A horizontal incision marks the base of a panel flanked by the vestigial remains of plain edge mouldings on the upper left side and top right. The panel is filled with clumsily constructed closed-circuit interlace with a free strand interweaving with the two loops.
B (narrow) : Faint remains of clumsy, closely woven interlace which are difficult to decipher.
C (broad) : No trace of decoration remains.
D (narrow) : Worn and damaged. A vertical incision at the top right may be the remains of a plain edge moulding. Adjacent to this are two surviving elements of step pattern.
This is rough work. The slab-like dimensions of what is clearly a vertical monument are paralleled by Parliament Street 3 (Lang 1991, ills. 357–60), and the clumsy interlace is found on St Mary Bishophill Senior 4 and 15 (ibid., ills. 260, 279), all from York. The free-hand construction and the closely woven interlace suggest a less accomplished tenth-century hand. Hall cites a similar pattern on a bone strap-end from Coppergate in York (see MacGregor et al. 1999, 1942–3, fig. 902).
