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Object type: Part of a cross-shaft
Measurements: H. max. 17 cm (6.7 in); W. max. 27 cm (10.6 in); D. 15 cm (5.9 in)
Stone type: Poorly sorted, clast-supported, yellowish grey (5Y 7/2) to greyish orange pink (5YR 7/2) felspathic quartz sandstone. The sub-angular to sub-rounded clasts vary from 0.3 to 0.8 mm, but are mostly medium-grained between 0.4 and 0.5 mm. A few dark (shale?) clasts are up to 0.5 mm across. Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (C.R.B.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 105
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 146-147
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A (broad): Decorated with the worn remains of a simple spiral scroll terminating in a central array of five or possibly six pellets, berries or leaves. The remains of an arris on the outside of the scroll may have formed a cable moulding; there may have been an inner moulding surrounding the central decoration, but the damage is too severe to ascertain this.
B(narrow): This face is decorated with two circular motifs which appear to have been the terminal loops of a two-strand interlace pattern. They were contained in a panel (framed by simple strands), which terminated at this point. The rest of the face has been dressed-off, probably when it was reused for building purposes.
C (broad) and D (narrow): Missing
This fragment was probably part of a cross-shaft decorated with a scroll design on A, which may have been similar to those found elsewhere: on Bakewell (13), or Stoke-on-Trent (1), Staffordshire, for example. The stone type indicates that this piece was transported a minimum distance of 5 km from the nearest outcrop of Millstone Grit Group to the find spot, since the site stands well into the Carboniferous Limestone of the ‘White Peak’ (Chapter II).
