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Object type: Fragment [1]
Measurements: H. 12 cm (4.8 in); W. 17.4 cm (6.8 in); D. 4.4 cm (1.7 in)
Stone type: Sandstone, clean, pale yellow-grey colour, fine to medium grained, quartz with subordinate feldspar, coarsely laminated, very micaceous. Upper Carboniferous, Pennine Lower Coal Measures Group. [G.L.]
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 620-1
Corpus volume reference: Vol 8 p. 228
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A tiny fragment showing one loop from an interlace pattern, probably pattern F. The carving is close-packed with little space for background and the interlace strand has a flattish surface, but is more deeply carved than, for example, Otley 11. The surviving edge is plain.
This is too small for close analysis but could possibly be part of a similar shaft to Otley 4. The piece is one of three fragments from this site which is considered geologically unsuitable for a standing cross because of its laminated lithology. This could mean that this is in fact part of a recumbent slab, or that its unsuitability for a standing monument was not initially recognised. See also Otley 9 and 16.
