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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 32.2 cm (12.7 in) W. 23.4 cm (9.2 in) D. Built in
Stone type: As Stainton 3 (St Peter and St Paul).
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 765
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 203-204
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The right-hand edge has a broad modelled moulding. Within the panel on the right is the top of a debased ring-twist with a clumsy bar-terminal. To its left is the shoulder and part of the head of a human figure with pointed chin and flat hair-style, the eye and mouth roughly hacked. Above this head stands the rear part of a quadruped facing left, with a small curled tail. At the top of the panel are two coiled serpents, side by side; one is damaged but the head of the right-hand one hangs downward.
The workmanship resembles that of no. 3 (Ill. 764), particularly the hackled facial features. The random grouping of motifs, as well as the small (?) dog and coiled serpents, is similar to Forcett 1 (Ills. 250–1), which is less than a mile distant. The animal ornament is in free-style, not formalised, and may have some symbolic significance. However, the scenes are too fragmentary for a reconstruction of a narrative.
