The Corpus: Ilkley 09

Volume 8: Western Yorkshire

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Current Display: Ilkley 09, West Riding of Yorkshire

Overview

Object type: Centre and one arm of cross-head [1]

Measurements: H. 65.5 cm (25.7 in); W. 35 cm (13.8 in) across centre of head, 23 cm (9 in) across mid arm; D. 16.5 cm (6.5 in) across centre, 11 cm (4.3 in) across arm

Stone type: As Ilkley (All Saints) 8. However, this cross-head has been burned after being broken to produce a reddish yellow surface colour (5YR 6/6). [J.S.]

Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 379-82

Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 177

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Present Location

As Ilkley 4

Evidence for Discovery

There appears to be no record of its discovery

Church Dedication

All Saints

Present Condition

Incomplete and worn

Description

The centre and one arm of a cross-head of type D9, with no surviving trace of edge mouldings.

A (broad): There is a flat central boss marked out by a triple roll moulding; otherwise the face is plain.

B and D (narrow): Plain

C (broad): More damaged, but possibly originally had a central boss similar to face A: there is no other trace of decoration.

Discussion

The form links it to Ilkley 4a (Ills. 345–7), but there is no other decoration by which it can be dated.

Date

Probably eighth to ninth century

References

Collingwood 1927, 176

Endnotes

[1] The following are general references to the Ilkley stones: Camden 1607, 567–8; Gough 1789, III, 239; Whitaker 1812, 217; Hatton and Fox 1880, 12; Browne 1880–4a, lxxiv; (–––) 1882a, 384; Cobley 1882, 127–8; Allen 1883, 53–6; Allen 1884, 158–61; Allen and Browne 1885, 353; Browne 1885c, 157; Allen 1889, 12, 158, 226, 227; Allen 1890, 293, 295; Irvine 1894, 328–9; Bogg 1904, fig. on 31; MacMichael 1906, 362; Collingwood 1915b, 328, 331; Browne 1916, 50; Collingwood 1932, 51, 53; Brown 1937, 213; Pevsner 1959, 20, 277; Taylor, H. M., 1968a, 330; Faull 1981, 218, 219; Faull 1986b, 29, 31, 37–40, pl. IX; Ryder 1991, 30; Ryder 1993, 160; Cambridge 1995b, 146–7; Hadley 2000a, 237, 238; Hawkes 2003a, 81–2; Butler 2006, 93.