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Object type: Cross-arm [1]
Measurements: L. 16.7 cm (6.6 in) W. 13.3 cm (5.2 in) D. 10.5 cm (4.1 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained, micaceous, well sorted sandstone, main faces cut parallel to the bedding planes in the rock. The stone is a reddish yellow colour (5YR 6/6), but has been burnt to a red colour (2.5YR 5/6). Cut faces shown well-defined directional axe dressing marks; these faces have been burnt but importantly broken faces are also burnt, indicating that the cross was broken before this fragment was burnt. Stone provenance probably as Whitby 1 (abbey, St Peter and St Hilda)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 958–60
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 240
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It is not possible to be certain of the shape of the arm but it may be B9.
A (broad) : Plain but edged by a fine cable moulding on the arris and a delicate square-sectioned roll moulding c. 0.6 cm wide outlining the face.
B (neck) and C (broad) : Broken away.
D (end) : As face A.
E (upper) : As A and D but traces of fine diagonal dressing.
The combination of the fine cable and roll distinguishes this from some of the other cross-heads of the Whitby Plain Cross group, but there is no doubt that this is one of that series. The newly discovered cross-head fragment no. 19 has, however, the same type of moulding and the same treatment of the ground (see below).
