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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 63 cm (24.8 in) W. 39 > 33 cm (15.3 > 13 in) D. 29 > 25 cm (11.4 > 9.8 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained feldspathic gritstone; grains sub-rounded to sub-angular, fabric well sorted. Very pale brown (10YR 7/3). Possibly the very coarse-grained Red Scar Grit (Namurian, Upper Carboniferous), from the area south-west of Patrick Brompton
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 10–13
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 59-60
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The shaft has four faces though the section is oval.
A (broad) : The corners are very bevelled, even curved, and marked by cable moulding. The upper transverse moulding and the twist above it are almost worn away. The panel contains closed circuit interlace of four-cord plait in a heavy median-incised strand and the internal spaces openly disposed.
B (narrow) : The upper transverse moulding and twist have eroded. The panel is flanked by cable moulding, much worn at the top, and contains closed circuit interlace in median-incised modelled strand. The pattern is open but on a smaller scale than on face A and with more registers of the four-cord plait. At the right are faint remains of a twist at the top.
C (broad) : Defaced at the top and at the right. The panel contains two adjacent vertical runs of closed circuit interlace in broad median-incised strand, its incision light.
D (narrow) : Flanked by the cable mouldings. The upper transverse moulding and twist have almost gone. Within the panel is closed circuit interlace in broad median-incised strand. The incision is gouged out and the hole-points are deep. The circuit is in three registers of four-cord plait. Below it are very worn features, possibly a plant-scroll, since part of it resembles an ivy leaf on a stem. The whole is very worn.
Comparison should be made with Collingwood's drawing, since the shaft has eroded very considerably. The section of the shaft is not purely cylindrical but the faces are slightly convex and the corners smooth curves like the lower part of Sockburn 8 (Cramp 1984, 138–9, pl. 135, 730–2). The closed circuits and median incision point to an Anglo-Scandinavian context.
