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Object type: Shaft fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 22.8 cm (9 in) W. 27 cm (10.6 in) D. Built in
Stone type: See Forcett 1 (St Cuthbert)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 253
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 111
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In the centre stands a human figure, frontally disposed in a knee-length garment with a hem. The shoulders are rounded. The head is elliptical with drilled eyes and mouth, and wears a double halo which is pointed (a hood?). The figure's right hand hangs down to a lost feature in the bottom left of the panel; the left hand is extended horizontally over a small profile quadruped, possibly a dog, which stands on a flat platform with chamfered edges. In the top left corner is a roughly cut twin-link (closed circuit pattern B), very open and in median-incised strand. In the top right corner are remains of a rough twist. Along the top is a thin plain transverse moulding (on the left) and a possible moulding or strand above it.
Like nos. 2 and 3, the predilection for frontal figures is apparent. The carving here is equally clumsy and free-hand. The twin-link and debased twist are further indications of amateur work which contrasts strongly with carving like Stanwick 2 (Ills. 760–3) which is less than a mile distant. The human figure may well be hooded rather than nimbed. If it is Christ, then there is a remote chance the scene represents God the Father with the Agnus Dei. A pagan reading might extend to Týr and the Fenris wolf, as on Sockburn 21 (Cramp 1984, 143–4, pl. 146, 767–8). It is very unsubtle carving, however.
