The Corpus: Burnsall 09

Volume 8: Western Yorkshire

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Current Display: Burnsall 09, West Riding of Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Part of cross-head [1]

Measurements: H. 20 cm (7.8 in); W. 39 cm (15.3 in); D. 9.5 cm (3.7 in)

Stone type: See Burnsall (St Wilfrid) 2

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 118-22

Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 112

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Present Location

As Burnsall 1a–d

Evidence for Discovery

See Burnsall 8

Church Dedication

St Wilfrid

Present Condition

The upper and lower arms are missing. The surface appears worn and abraded.

Description

A cross-head of type B10.

A (broad): The head appears completely plain but for a large central boss. There may have been an edge moulding originally but it is now very faint.

B and D (narrow) and E (top): Plain

C (broad): There are traces of a raised edge moulding, otherwise it is plain except for the large raised central boss.

Discussion

Although thinner than the heads of Burnsall 1 and 2, this is otherwise at the same scale and is also consistent with other heads at this site in its overall form and plainness.

Date

Late ninth to tenth century

References

Speight 1900, 392; Collingwood 1912, 128; Stavert 1913, 11–12; Collingwood 1915a, 151; Coatsworth 2005, 15, no.9, fig. on 15

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Burnsall stones: Whitaker 1878, 504; Browne 1880–4a, lxxiv; Allen and Browne 1885, 353; Browne 1885c, 157; Browne 1885–6, 124; Allen 1889, 230; Allen 1890, 293, 294; Allen 1891, 158; MacMichael 1906, 359; Morris 1911, 143; Collingwood 1915b, 334; Browne 1916, 50; Elgee and Elgee 1933, 218; Mee 1941, 91; Pevsner 1959, 152; Lang 1984, 88.