Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Lythe 12, Yorkshire North Riding Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Beneath the tower, on the floor by north shelving
Evidence for Discovery
See Lythe 1a–b (St Oswald)
Church Dedication
St Oswald
Present Condition
The upper portion of a cruciform end-stone
Description

A (broad) : A type B8 cross-head stands proud from a recessed square background with narrow V-shaped arm-pits. The top of the shaft tapers steeply to the cross intersection where there is no boss. The shaft below is broken.

B and D (narrow) and E (top) : Plain.

C (broad) : As face A, but with wider arm-pits.

Discussion

See Lythe 9 (St Oswald).

Date
First half of tenth century
References
Collingwood 1911, 289; Collingwood 1912, 126
Endnotes
None

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