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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 62.3 cm (24.5 in) W. 29.5 > 26.7 cm (11.6 > 10.5 in) D. 20.5 cm (8.1 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, ferruginous sandstone with occasional mud-flake clasts (up to 20mm in size); poorly conditions on the limonitic stone cement. Yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Deltaic channel sandstone from the Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, probably from one of the many escarpment quarry sources to the east of the settlement
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 718–20
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 190
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A (broad) : The broad edge-moulding is plain, tapering slightly as it ascends. At the upper end is a panel with a plain inner moulding framing closed-circuit interlace in plain flat strand of pattern B. Below this is an undecorated panel framed by the edge moulding and a transverse extension. Both panels have deteriorated badly since Collingwood drew them (1907, fig. b).
B (narrow) : The edge moulding is plain. The lower part of the face carries no decoration but near the top is a small panel flanked by an inner plain moulding. It contains two registers (one bungled) of simple pattern E interlace in thin modelled strand (see Collingwood 1907, fig. c).
C (broad) : Not visible.
D (narrow) : The plain edge moulding flanks another inner moulding which is in fact the outside lying strand of the ring-twist pattern within.
The unit of measure appears to be one imperial inch (2.5 cm) and the interlace patterns are generally orderly. The ring-twist is a common device for thin linear areas, such as the ridges of hogbacks, on Anglo-Scandinavian sculpture in the vicinity. Pattern E interlace is adventurous for Allertonshire and may account for the minor bungle. The lower undecorated areas of the shaft have parallels at Sockburn (Cramp 1984, nos. 4 and 7, pls. 129, 134).
