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Object type: Part of round-headed grave-marker, in two fragments
Measurements:
a: H. 27.2 cm (10.7 in) W. 30.8 cm (24.1 in) D. 10.7 > 7 cm (4.2 > 2.8 in)
b: H. 22 cm (8.7 in) W. 18 cm (7 in) D. 10.2 cm (4 in)
Approx. total W. 47 cm (18.5 in)
Stone type: (Only the arm was available for examination.) A fine-grained, well sorted, clean sandstone with some feldspar (orthoclase) and minor mica. Cut along the bedding; the bedding planes are prominent and parallel to the main cross faces. Pale brown (10YR 6/3). Deltaic sandstone from the Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, from an unknown source near Whitby or Lythe
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 1176–9
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 289
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A fan-armed disc-headed cross in two fragments. The upper and lower arms are missing.
A and C (broad) : The round head and the arms are outlined by grooved mouldings. In the centre of the head is a cable moulding which encircles a sunken field with a small petal-like cross.
B and D (narrow) : Plain.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
See Whitby 57. Early photographs show that this cross was smaller than no. 57, befitting its position as the foot stone.
