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| RecordAuthor | Máirín Mac Carron |
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| ISODate | 2002-09-17 |
| Date | 17 September 2002 |
| PictureCredit | Jane Hawkes |
| County | East Yorkshire |
| Townland | Nunburnholme. |
| OSMapRef | SE 855485 |
| Area | England |
| GeneralContext | Cross shaft in two pieces, upper piece, north. |
| Location | Church at Nunburnholme. |
| GeneralContext | Stone type: Fine-grained, dolomitic, white limestone. |
| Dimensions | upper piece, 76.4cm (30") high, 28.2cm to 31.6cm (11" to 12.5") wide, and 17cm to 29.5cm (6.75" to 11.5") in depth. Lower piece, 84.5cm (33.25") high, 34.7cm to 38.4cm (13.7" to 15") wide, and 30cm to 30.5cm (11.75" to 12") in depth. |
| GeneralDescription | Cross shaft in two pieces, dated to late ninth century or early tenth century. Upper piece, north view. |
| GeneralDescription | There is a broad horizontal strip along the top. On the sides there are broad, flat edge mouldings. |
| GeneralDescription | The top panel has an angel frieze. There is an angel in each corner, and each stretches an arm diagonally down to the arch forming the top of the next panel. |
| GeneralDescription | Within the arched panel there is a figure facing out. His head is covered by two cowls that narrow at the neck. There is a large rectangle on the chest which contains three horizontal rows of pellets. Below that there are two vertical strips, like a stole, with large globular terminals. The figure's hands are grasping the stole. He is probably an ecclesiastic. |
