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Object type: Cross-arm [1]
Measurements: L. 15.2 cm (6 in) W. 14 cm (5.5 in) D. 7 > 5.5 cm (2.7 > 2.2 in)
Stone type: Weathered and partially burnt fine-grained deltaic sandstone, poorly sorted and feldspathic. The weathered natural colour of the rock (very pale brown, 10YR 7/4) has been oxidised by burning to a reddish yellow colour (5YR 6/6). Deltaic sandstone from the Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic but from an unknown source probably near Whitby
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 1012–15
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 250
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A–E: Fragment of a small free-standing cross which could have been for a finial or grave-marker. The shape seems to be type A/C10. A neat incised moulding outlines the upper and lower surfaces and the end of the arm. A shallow groove on face A appears to be natural.
This simple cross-head may be compared with no. 31, but more detail survives on this example and the confident incised outlines would seem to relate it to the early group at Whitby. See for instance no. 22 (Ills. 973–7).
