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Object type: Part of shaft
Measurements: (after Collingwood 1911) H. 76.2 cm (30 in) W. 33 > 30.5 cm (13 > 12 in) D. 22.9 cm (9 in)
Stone type: Unobtainable
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 483
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 154
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Decoration was visible on one narrow face. Collingwood's is the only evidence.
A and C (broad) and D (narrow) : 'Encrusted with mortar' (Collingwood 1911, 290–1).
B (narrow) : Flanked by plain edge mouldings, the panel contains two registers of simple pattern F interlace, the terminal loop fashioned to a point within a glide. The pointed upper terminal of the loop below is all that survives. The strand is flat, 'chiselled rather neatly and the incised lines strengthened with hatching' (ibid., 291).
The Carrick bends of the interlace pattern needed a disciplined plan, and the cutting speaks of expertise. The pointed terminals are unusual for Yorkshire but are reflected in some Manx cross-slabs, for example Gaut's cross at Kirk Michael (Kermode 1907, pl. XXX, 74a). The dense weave of the interlace suggests an Anglo-Scandinavian milieu.
