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Object type: Shaft fragment
Measurements: H. 34.3 cm (13.5 in) W. 20.3 cm (8 in) D. Built in
Stone type: Numerous coats of lime wash and emulsion have rendered it impossible to make an adequate diagnosis of this fragment, other than it is coarse Millstone Grit and most likely originated from a Yorkshire Pennine source.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 22
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 63
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At the left is a modelled edge moulding. The panel contains the middle section of a zoomorphic twist in modelled, median-incised strand. It is damaged at the upper end, but a pellet filler survives between the interlacing necks of two serpentine creatures. Their heads hang against the edge of the panel, and they have bulbous eyes above a long rounded snout. Their loose tails are looped within the medallion formed by their ribbon interlace bodies.
The ribbon beasts are identical with that of Gilling West 2B (Ill. 267), which suggests that the two pieces are by the same hand. The loose arrangement of the interlacing, especially the tails, is distinctive in an area where the taste for dense weave is common.
