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Object type: Part of grave-marker or -cover
Measurements: H. 23 cm (9 in); W. 20 > 15.5 cm (7.8 > 6 in); D. 7 cm (2.75 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained yellow sandstone, part reddened (Carboniferous sandstone)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 120 - 3
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 73
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Only one face is carved. The top is curved.
A (broad): A cross (type A1) is outlined with a wide pocked line. The stem of the cross is broken.
Such simple outline crosses are difficult to date (see Introduction p. 12). One can find parallels which have been dated eleventh or twelfth century, such as no. 18 from St Ninian's Isle (Small, Thomas and Wilson 1973, fig. 30 a–b and fig. 33, 19). However, the distinctive pecked outline is similar to the linear crosses on Thomas's primary 'grave-markers' and could be earlier. Bailey notes that, although the carefully rounded top finds its closest analogies in the namestones of Lindisfarne, '. . . it is clear from the stone from Adel that this type continued very late . . .' (Bailey 1974a, I, 28).
