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Object type: Part of cross-head [1]
Measurements: H. 48 cm (18.9 in) W. 73 cm (28.7 in) D. Built in
Stone type: Probably as Stainton 1 (St Peter and St Paul), with the stone colour (yellow, 10YR 7/8) masked by lichen growth
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 749
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 200-201
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Cross type B9. The head is outlined by a neat double roll moulding, and there seems to have been a boss in the centre which is now obliterated. There is a transverse moulding across the upper arm, and above this there may have been some relief carving which is now scrabbled away. The arm tips have been trimmed to fit its present position.
Several crosses in the West Riding have one face with an outline moulding and central roundel but are otherwise plain, whilst the opposite face is fully decorated. Examples are High Hoyland (Collingwood 1915, 184) which has a plant-scroll on the other face, or Kirkburton which has a Crucifixion on the opposite face (ibid., 202). But since this piece is built in, it is impossible to tell whether it conformed to that type or was plain on both faces.
