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Object type: Part of cross-head
Measurements: H. 37 cm (14.5 in); W. 50 cm (19.7 in); D. 14 cm (5.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, micaceous yellow sandstone (Carboniferous)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 265 - 8
Corpus volume reference: Vol 2 p. 96
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Cross-head of type B10. Only one face carved; the others were probably always undecorated.
A (broad): In the centre is a flat encircled boss.
A similar head, carrying minimal decoration, is known at Bromfield (no. 1); the hammerhead shape of the latter monument and the parallel provided by Carlisle 4 suggest that this form of decoration may be of the Viking period. The possible links between the Carlisle head and the spiral-scroll school argue in the same direction.
