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Object type: Part of shaft
Measurements: H. 47.8 cm (18.8 in) W. 33.5 > 28.5 cm (13.2 > 11.2 in) D. 18 cm (7.1 in)
Stone type: As Lythe 2a–b (St Oswald)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 479–82
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 155
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A (broad) : The narrow plain edge moulding is rolled. The panel is filled with densely packed four-cord plait in very broad median-incised strand. The bends are angular.
B (narrow) : The panel is flanked by plain edge mouldings and contains a densely woven three-cord twist in irregular elements. The cutting is punched and the strand very flat and broad.
C (broad) : Very worn, but probably similar to face A. Collingwood's drawing (fig. z) shows attempts at splitting the strand which can no longer be deciphered.
D (narrow) : Between plain edge mouldings is the remains of rough and densely packed two-cord twist in a broad flat strand. The top of the panel is contained by a plain transverse moulding and the twist pattern is truncated rather than terminated.
This is a rough and ready piece, unplanned and crudely cut. The dense closed circuits and plaits are an impressionistic version of true Anglo-Scandinavian interlace.
