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Object type: Part of cross-head
Measurements: H. 29.5 cm (11.6 in) W. 48 cm (18.9 in) D. Built in
Stone type: As Thornton Watlass 1 (St Mary); also burnt to a light reddish brown (7.5YR 5/4). Signs of burning all over the crosshead, particularly the broken surface
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 238
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 213-214
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Part of a plate-headed wheel cross, the rim raised and recessed from the face. The arm-pits are unpierced (contra Collingwood's fig. b), with wide curves.
A (broad): A plain edge moulding follows the perimeter of the cross, expanding a little near the junction with the shaft. The lower limb of the cross has a curved incision which creates the impression at the sides of heavily stylised legs for a Crucifixion; conversely it could be the arris of a plain panel. The lateral arms are filled by hands with a wrist band and three huge fingers. In the centre of the cross is a large boss with a shallow convex profile that might have been dressed at a later period.
This must be the most stylised Crucifixion image in the North Riding: it is minimalist in depicting only the hands of Christ, and perhaps the legs growing out of an inner moulding. Unfortunately his head is lost. For the form of the cross-head and the placing of its iconography, see Thornton Watlass 1 above.
