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Object type: Part of cross-head
Measurements: H. 22 cm (8.7 in); W. max. 24 cm (9.5 in); D. max. 12 cm (4.8 in)
Stone type: Very pale orange (10YR 8/2), poorly sorted, clast-supported, quartz sandstone; a few pink feldspar clasts are present. The sub-angular to sub-rounded grains range from 0.2 to 1.5 mm across, but are dominantly coarse grained in the range 0.4 to 0.8 mm. Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (C.R.B.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 132–6
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 158-159
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Originally one arm of a cross-head with wedge-shaped terminals, no details of the armpits or central arrangement survive, but the extant remains indicate the cross-head was probably decorated. An outer moulding bounded by a thinner, inner roll moulding enclose the decoration on A and C. The arm is not uniform in its thickness.
A (broad): This face, originally displayed on the same vertical plane as the shaft, is decorated with a two-strand, half-pattern, closed-circuit interlace which terminates in two turned asymmetrical loops at both ends.
B (narrow): Missing, where the arm was broken off from the rest/centre of the cross-head.
C (broad): As with A, this face features a two-strand, half-pattern, closed-circuit interlace which terminates in two turned asymmetrical loops at both ends.
D (narrow; end of arm): Decorated with two inner mouldings which turn and continue along the underside of the arm (F); these may have continued along the top (E) but this is now broken away.
E (top): Damaged; no decoration survives.
F (bottom): Decorated with two inner mouldings that continue from the end of the arm (D).
The arm of a moderately large cross-head at least 60 cm (23.6 in) in diameter when complete, decorated with a two-stranded interlace pattern that is not uncommon in the Derby area (see e.g. Derby 5). Its provenance is uncertain since it was discovered reused in the construction of a farm building–it may have been brought from elsewhere in a load of building material–but its relationship with other pieces in the region suggest it was likely local to the area.
