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Object type: Upper section of round-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 34 cm (13.3 in); W. 27 > 24.5 cm (10.6 > 9.6 in); D. 20 > 16 cm (7.9 > 6.2 in)
Stone type: Medium grained, reddish-brown (2.5YR 5/4), feldspathic sandstone with haematite staining. Namurian sandstone consistent with Roaches or Ashover Grit, Marsden Formation, Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (R.T.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 499–502
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 270
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A (broad): This face is decorated with a four-strand simple interlace pattern which is truncated at the top and the bottom, and bordered on each side by substantial cable edge mouldings.
B (narrow): The top right-hand side of this face has been broken away, but the remainder is decorated with a key pattern, the strands of which are centrally incised. The pattern is truncated at the top and the bottom, and as on A, each side is bordered by a substantial cable edge moulding.
C (broad): Largely broken off with only about 40% decorated. At the bottom is part of what appears to be a four-strand simple interlace, although only part of one register survives. At each side of the unbroken area are substantial edge mouldings but the cable design is badly worn.
D (narrow): This face is decorated with a three-strand simple interlace, truncated at the top and the bottom. At each side are substantial cable edge mouldings.
This piece is likely to be part of the upper portion of a round-shaft cross, which, like other pieces from Alstonefield, is missing the cross-head. Its simple array of patterns is similar to other pieces at this site (e.g. Alstonefield 7). It is likely that the lower part of the complete monument was a cylindrical shaft with minimal or no decoration.
