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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 35 cm (13.7 in) W. 24.5 cm (9.7 in) D. 12.6 > 11 cm (5 > 4.3 in)
Stone type: As Pickhill 1(All Saints) except that the stone has perhaps been burnt to a pink colour (7.5YR 7/4).
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 734–6
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 193
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A (broad) : A modelled edge moulding survives on the right. Within the panel are two frontal human figures, the left-hand one much damaged, though his arm and kirtle hem remain. The figure on the right has a pointed chin and deeply cut facial features, and on the chest are two incised circles. The kirtle is short and the knees are discernible. The right-hand figure appears to be holding something, possibly a club. His right hand is stretched out and upwards towards the position of the head of the other figure. The figure on the left seems to be wearing the same short kirtle and his right arm is across his body.
B (narrow): The worn edge mouldings are modelled. The panel contains incoherent, densely woven interlace, not gridded.
C (broad) : At the left is a modelled edge moulding. Only the left-hand part of the panel survives, with three loops of Como-braid. The carving is hacked work.
D (narrow) : Lost.
The Como-braid, or S-twist, is probably copied from more accomplished monuments in the Allertonshire workshop (p. 46). Collingwood guessed that the figures might be Adam and Eve; it is more likely that they are both male, to judge from their attire. The incised circles on the breast could be brooches rather than nipples. Rosemary Cramp suggests that the figures may represent Cain and Abel.
