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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: L. 58.7 cm (23.1 in) W. 15.3 cm (6 in) D. Built in
Stone type: Fine-grained micaceous sandstone. Brownish yellow (10YR 6/8). Probably deltaic sandstone from the Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, of the Cleveland Hills
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 764
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 203
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The left-hand and lower edges have a broad flat moulding. In the panel at the base, two adjacent rectangular elements (?pattens) support a frontally disposed human figure in a kirtle, its feet pointing left, the face elliptical, with deeply gouged eyes and mouth. The torso is bound by median-incised strands which continue up the shaft in a broad strand of damaged interlace. Over the figure's head is an angular stopped-plait element, median-incised, and another passes under the chin.
Rude work; the hacked facial features resemble those on no. 4 (Ill. 765). The stopped-plait elements have few local parallels, except for no. 1, and indicate an awareness of Cumbrian fashion.
