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Object type: Part of shaft
Measurements: H. 17 cm (6.7 in); W. 28 cm (11 in); D. unknown
Stone type: Greyish orange-pink (5YR 7/2), moderately sorted, clast-supported, dominantly medium-grained with the sub-angular to sub-rounded clasts ranging from 0.3 to 0.7 mm, but most falling between 0.4 and 0.6 mm. Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (C.R.B.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 443
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 240
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The lower half of the stone is filled with a curving strand which may be a small part of an interlace pattern or, more likely, part of a scroll design, as there also appears to be a pear-shaped leaf design. On the right-hand side are the remains of what appears to be an inner moulding which might have contained the panel of decoration. On the far right, the stone appears to have been partly dressed off; this may have been a rolled edge moulding.
The fragmentary nature of this stone means there is little that can be discerned. The stone type and dressed-off right-hand edge both being similar to Wirksworth 2 mean it is possible that it was originally from the same monument; the curving strand and possible leaf design may well be associated with a plant-scroll design. It is thus possible that this was part of a large cross-shaft similar to those at Bakewell (1, 27, 28 and 31), Bradbourne (1) and Eyam (1).
