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Object type: Cross-arm or finial fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 14 cm (5.5 in) W. 22 cm (8.7 in) D. 7.2 cm (2.9 in)
Stone type: Coarse feldspathic, micaceous, ferruginous sandstone, burnt to a dark reddish brown colour (2.5YR 3/4). Stone provenance as Whitby 1 (abbey, St Peter and St Hilda)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 954–7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 240
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Fragment, apparently fan-shaped, decorated on one broad face.
A (broad) : An incised edge moulding (1.8 cm wide) runs along the unbroken edges, emphasising the broad curve.
B and D (narrow), and C (broad) : Plain.
E (end) : Plain but damaged.
F (neck) : Broken.
The simple outlining of the plain shape is typical of the Whitby Plain Cross group, but this is usually continued on other faces, and this type of waisted arm with a rounded tip is not found in the early cross series. It is more typical of the later ring-headed crosses, such as Stonegrave 1 in eastern Yorkshire (Lang 1991, ills. 833, 835); but see also no. 31, which is entirely plain (Ills. 1016–18). It is possible, however, that this is some form of finial.
