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Object type: Cross-arm [1]
Measurements: L. 28.3 cm (11.1 in) W. 35.8 > 29.5 cm (14 > 11.6 in) D. 20.6 cm (8.1 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained sandstone with a slightly mottled appearance owing to sporadic limonite cement; having a well sorted fabric with sub-angular grains and some feldspar present. Very pale brown (10YR 7/3). Deltaic sandstone from the Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic sources, probably local to Kildale
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 339–42
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 128
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The end of a cross-arm, widely cusped and splayed profile (type B10).
A (broad) : Within a plain border 2.5 cm wide, a slightly narrower inner moulding of humped profile follows the shape of the arm.
B (end) : Roughly dressed.
C (broad) : A similar internal moulding within the plain edge moulding (which is 2.5 to 3 cm wide) has an extension which passes along the axis of the arm, median-incised.
E and F: Plain.
The very simple mouldings give no indication of date, but may be an echo of the Whitby Plain Cross series (Chap. VI, p. 39).
[1] The following are general references to the Kildale stones: Morris, J. 1931, 418; Brown, M. 1979, 44.
[2] In 1867 Viking graves were discovered beneath the floor of Kildale church, comprising seven or eight burials with grave-goods including weapons, but orientated east-west. The finds have since been stolen from the church (Atkinson 1867–70, 52–4; Atkinson 1874, I, 81–5; Elgee 1930, 220–1; Morris, C. 1981, 234–5). See also Appendix A below. (Eds.)
