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Object type: Upper section of round-shaft [1]
Measurements: H. 33 cm (12.9 in); W. max. 24 cm (9.4 in); D. max. 17.5 cm (6.8 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, reddish-brown (2.5YR 5/4), feldspathic sandstone with haematite specks visible. Namurian sandstone consistent with Roaches or Ashover Grit, Marsden Formation, Millstone Grit Group, Carboniferous (R.T.)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 507–9
Corpus volume reference: Vol 13 p. 271
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A (broad): Decorated with a small portion of the lower terminal of a four-strand simple interlace. To the right are the remains of a badly damaged edge moulding. Below is a damaged element that may have been a collar moulding.
B (narrow): This face is decorated with the damaged remains of the lower terminal of a three-strand simple interlace. No other detail survives.
C (broad): Broken
D (narrow): Decorated with a simple spiral design which is likely to have been the lower terminal of a line or key pattern. The edge mouldings have been badly damaged but there appears to have been a cable-moulded collar below.
This piece may well have been part of the upper portion of a round-shaft cross. Its simple array of patterns is similar to other pieces at this site (e.g. Alstonefield 9). It is likely that the lower part of the complete monument was a cylindrical shaft with minimal or no decoration.
