Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire

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Current Display: Lythe 15, Yorkshire North Riding Forward button Back button
Overview
Present Location
Beneath the tower, on west window sill
Evidence for Discovery
See Lythe 1a–b (St Oswald)
Church Dedication
St Oswald
Present Condition
The upper part of a cruciform end-stone; broken down one side and at the top
Description

A (broad) : The surviving lateral limb of the type B8 cross-head extends beyond the remains of the upper and lower arms. The wedge-shape is rendered by incised grooves. There is no surface decoration.

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

C (broad) : As face A. The grooves are more shallowly incised.

D (narrow) : Broken.

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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