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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, lower piece, west. |
| 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. Lower piece, west view. |
| GeneralDescription | The edge mouldings that survive on this side are wide, plain and flat. |
| GeneralDescription | The top of this piece has a seated figure in profile, but the upper part is very damaged. The legs of his chair are lost to the carving below. He is holding a rectangle in his left hand, and in front of his legs there is a long staff. |
| GeneralDescription | The panel below the seated figure shows a centaur facing right. The human half faces frontally. There is another, smaller, head on the shoulder. |
