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Object type: Fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 16.2 cm (6.4 in); W. 23 cm (9 in); D. 6 cm (2.4 in)
Stone type: Sandstone, clean, pale buff-grey colour, fine to medium, quartzose, laminated. Laminae surfaces are micaceous, with black organic traces. Upper Carboniferous, Pennine Lower Coal Measures Group. [G.L.]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 622
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 228
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The form of the piece of which this is a part cannot be determined. The apparent evidence for a shallow raised border on two adjacent edges might suggest it was part of a cross-arm. Within these edges, a flat bar-like feature terminates in a stiff curl at each end, each curl enclosing a small half-circle: there is also a fragment of detached strand. These forms might indicate the terminal of an interlace pattern.
This small piece is difficult to assess, but in style of carving it is reminiscent of Otley 11, while the stiff curl also looks like a reflex of Ringerike influence. The piece is one of three fragments from this site which is considered geologically unsuitable for a standing cross because of its laminated lithology. This could mean that this is in fact part of a recumbent slab, or more probably that its unsuitability was not initially recognised. See also Otley 9 and 15.
