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Object type: Cross-arm
Measurements: H. c. 23 cm (9 in); W. c. 20 > 7 cm (8 > 2.75 in); D. c. 5 cm (2 in), partly built in
Stone type: No clear surface, but appears to be similar to Puddletown 2.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 87
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 108
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One arm of a free-armed cross with interlace.
A: The arm has a rounded end and tapers sharply towards the centre. The interlace is fine-stranded and open. Only one face is visible.
The site is just off the Roman road, east of Dorchester, and was the location of the meeting of the witan in 976. It seems to have been part of the royal demesne and is considered by Hall to be a possible minster (Hall 2000, 17). The surviving cross-arm is not however very distinguished. The shape of the arm with a rounded end is characteristic of this area (compare Cattistock 1 and Amesbury 1: Ills. 45–6, 383–7), as are also the widely spaced interlace knots (see, for example, Batcombe 1: Ill. 43).
