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Object type: Fragment of cross-head
Measurements: H. 30 cm (11.75 in); W. 38 cm (15 in); D. 15 cm (6 in)
Stone type: Oolitic limestone as Colerne 1a and 1b, evenly graded, with ooliths of 0.4 to 0.5mm diameter represented by vacant sockets. Two intersecting calcite veinlets noted. Bath stone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pls. 436-7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 7 p. 213
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A (broad): It is impossible to be certain of the finished shape of this piece, but it seems to have had V-shaped armpits. The cross-arms are plain and without mouldings; in the centre a beaded circle encloses a small rosette flower with a plain round centre.
B (narrow): Plain
C (broad): As face A
D (narrow): Broken away
Although Kendrick implies that this head was part of the same monument as Colerne 1a–b, this is unlikely. For a cross-head of a similar date to the panels one would expect edge mouldings and a different type of ornament on the boss. The wide beaded circle and the form of the flower are more akin to Romanesque art (cf. Gore Cross 1A, p. 236, Ill. 525). This might have been a gable cross, but it certainly does not give the appearance of an early date.
