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Object type: Upper section of round-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 33 cm (12.9 in); W. 22 > 19.5 cm (8.6 > 17.7 in); D. 22 > 15 cm (8.6 > 5.9 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, pale brown (5YR 6/3), feldspathic sandstone. Namurian sandstone consistent with Roaches or Ashover Grit, Marsden Formation, Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (R.T.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 503–6
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 270-271
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A (broad): Badly damaged with only a small portion of the decoration remaining, roughly in the centre; this appears to be part of a simple interlace pattern, but no more can be added since most of it has been broken away. A very damaged section of cable edge moulding survives on the left.
B (narrow): This face, badly damaged and worn, especially at the bottom, is decorated with a key pattern that appears to terminate at the bottom in a simple spiral, below which appears to have been a moulded collar.
C (broad): Decorated with the lower terminal of a simple interlace of four strands, most of which (at the top) has been broken way; below, is a substantial cable-moulded collar.
D (narrow): This face is decorated with a (damaged) three-strand simple interlace. A cable edge-moulding can be seen on the right; that on the left has been broken away. The cable-moulded collar below has also been broken.
This piece is part of the upper portion of a round-shaft cross with its simple array of patterns similar to other pieces at the site (e.g. Alstonefield 7 and 8). It is likely that the lower part of the complete monument was a cylindrical shaft with minimal or no decoration.
