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Object type: Part of shaft
Measurements: H. 17.5 cm (6.9 in); W. 32 > 30 cm (12.6 > 11.8 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 0.6 mm, but most falling between 0.4 and 0.5 mm. Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (C.R.B.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 444
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 240
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Prominent on the left-hand side of this fragment is a substantial cable edge moulding with a strand extending from it into the decorated panel to the right. Within this area is part of an irregular interlace. A diagonal strand crossing can be seen clearly just above the centre of the panel together with a V-shaped bend above. On the right-hand side is a vertical strand with a circular loop below. The interlace appears to pass over and under the vertical strand. The panel appears to be truncated on the right-hand side, so that the full extent or remainder of the pattern cannot be discerned.
This appears to be a small fragment of a cross-shaft which was decorated with an interlace pattern and with a cable edge moulding. All these design elements suggest that this is part of an Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft. As the decoration is fragmentary, it is difficult to add further to this.
