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Object type: Shaft fragment
Measurements: H. 17.5 > 17 cm (6.9 > 6.7 in) W. 17.5 cm (6.9 in) D. 26 cm (10.2 in)
Stone type: As Kirby Knowle 1 (St Wilfrid), except that this piece is not feldspathic.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 373
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 136
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A: Four units of spiralled pattern D are linked by paired diagonalling strands. The strands are modelled, but most of the crossing points are worn away. There is some evidence for edge mouldings.
B–C, E–F: Recut.
D: Worn.
Similar panels of double-stranded pattern E are popular in the more formal geometric interlace patterns north of the Tees (Cramp 1984, 17, pls. 37, 189; 220, 1254), but pattern D is more unusual. Once again, this piece may imply some specific contact with that area. Since the stone types are not identical, nos. 1 and 2 may have come from different shafts.
