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Object type: Cross-head fragment
Measurements: H. 21 cm (8.25 in) W. 36 cm (14.2 in) D. 13 cm (5.1 in)
Stone type: Coarse feldspathic Millstone Grit, with poorly sorted, angular to sub-angular grains. Very pale brown (10YR 7/3). Possibly reused Roman stone, and Aldborough seems to be a likely source. Probably originally obtained from the main source of such stone in Roman usage (Upper Plompton Grit, Namurian, Upper Carboniferous) from Nidderdale, south of Knaresborough.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 389–91
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 139
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A (broad): A type E10 cross head has a plain moulding round its perimeter. In the centre is a broken boss (2 inches in diameter). Within the lateral arm is very eroded interlace with recognisable hole-points.
B (narrow) : The arm-tip is plain.
C (broad) : A perimeter moulding as on face A. Within the arm is a pair of box-points and bungled symmetrical loop. There is no boss.
D (narrow) : Broken.
Susan Harrison's fine measurement shows that a 1-inch unit of measure was used. The span of the cross-head would have been 15 inches. The interlace echoes the 'Brompton loop' usage (Fig. 12, p. 47).
