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Object type: Cross-head fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 23.2 cm (9.1 in) W. 17 > 7.3 cm (6.7 > 2.9 in) D. 9.5 > 9.2 cm (3.8 > 3.6 in)
Stone type: Fine-grained micaceous sandstone, with sub-angular grains. Reddish brown (7.5YR 6/6–7/6). Bedding planes parallel to the main cross-head faces. Axe dressed on one main face, the arm cusps point dressed and smoothed. Deltaic sandstone from the Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, from the Whitby area.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 1003–7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 249
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A (broad) : The wide curving arm-pits of a type 10 cross-head has a gentle convex tip to the single surviving arm. The surface is plain, except for the ?underside of one arm which is roughly pecked.
B–E: Plain and finely dressed.
Clearly of the same family as nos. 1, 2 and others in the Plain Cross series, this belongs to the subgroup with no edge moulding.
