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Object type: Cross-head
Measurements: H. 21.5 cm (8.5 in); W. 24.8 cm (9.75 in); D. 7.8 cm (3.1 in)
Stone type: Coarse-grained, non-micaceous, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) sandstone; deltaic channel sandstone, Saltwick Formation, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic; from North Yorkshire Moors, near Whitby (see Fig. 5)
Plate numbers in printed volume: 896-899
Corpus volume reference: Vol 3 p. 226
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A (broad): A free-armed cross, with a splayed upper limb and straight lateral arms, type A1, with serrated ends. It has a plain perimeter moulding.
A (broad): A large, flat-topped boss is placed off-centre and about it are roughly incised diagonal lines. Vertical incisions on the neck suggest three plain bands.
B and D (narrow): Plain.
C (broad): As face A, but very damaged, and lacking the boss.
Appendix A item (stones dating from Saxo-Norman overlap period or of uncertain date).
A rough piece of uncertain date. The Romanesque font from Levisham carries similar crude incised decoration.
