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Object type: Part of cross-head [1]
Measurements: H. 24.8 cm (9.8 in) W. 46.5 cm (18.3 in) D. 11.2 cm (4.4 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained deltaic sandstone. Yellow (10YR 7/6). Deltaic sandstone from the Saltwick Formation (Aalenian, Middle Jurassic). Probably from the Eston Nab quarries to the south east
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 709–13
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 188
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A (broad) : A free-armed cross of type 10 with convex tips, the arm-pit more pronounced below than above. The broad, irregular edge moulding is slightly modelled, but its roughly pecked outline has not been smoothed. Almost in the centre is a chipped domed boss. In the lateral arms are bungled interlace terminals in a flat strap, which may have been medially incised. It is difficult to determine how these were linked to the vertical limbs.
B and D (narrow) : Plain. Within the arm-pit, roughly hacked tooling.
C (broad) : Very worn. The layout is as face A and the boss is indeed central, flanked by bungled interlace terminals in the lateral arms.
The layout was not gridded and there is variation in thickness of mouldings and strands. It is typical of many Anglo-Scandinavian crosses in the area, with its domed boss, but its free-armed form demonstrates that ring and plate heads were not exclusively used during the Viking period.
