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Object type: Fragment of cross-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 40.5 cm (16 in); W. max. 20.2 cm (8 in); D. 12 cm (4.7 in)
Stone type: Sandstone, buff-coloured, medium- to coarse-grained, quartz-cemented, slightly micaceous with white kaolinite pore-fills. Local Millstone Grit Group. [G.L.]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 60-3
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 101
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The edge moulding between faces A and B appears rounded, that between B and C is flat.
A (broad): Some more-or-less disconnected strands of irregular interlace survive, some with traces of being double-stranded or median-incised, and incorporating a loose curl near the upper right. It is not clear whether the strands belong to abstract or animal interlace.
B (narrow): A median-incised irregular twist; the central heart-shaped twist bifurcates and perhaps throws off a tendril. The strands on this side are more modelled than on face A. The top may be the top of the panel or face, although the strands meet rather than join.
C (broad): This face has two panels divided by a double incised moulding. In the upper, no legible ornament survives. The lower panel has what appears to be a loose, irregular, median-incised interlace. In the centre below the break there appears to be an inserted unattached cross, as drawn by Collingwood (1915a, 144, fig. c), but it is possibly an attempt at a tri-lobed bud. This suggests that the crude decoration could be an irregular reminiscence of the medallion scroll, as at nearby Guiseley.
D (narrow): Most of the face is missing, but a small section survives at the bottom which shows the beginnings of a twist as on face B, though no median incision of the strand is evident. Part of the moulding, very damaged, also survives bottom left.
The damage to and incompleteness of this piece makes it difficult to assess, but some details, such as the suggestion of a medallion scroll on face C, and the style of carving, are similar to Guiseley 1, and possibly the missing Guiseley 2 (Ills. 298–301, 306–9). Face B with its clumsy suggestion of a 'tendril pattern' links it to other sculptures in the area, at Barwick in Elmet, no. 1, and Spofforth 1 (Ills. 25, 711).
