The shaft of a Norse Cross Slab from the 10th century was found in the old
church of St John's after its demolish in 1850.
The decorated face shows an interlacing pattern in the ring
chain design. The right edge bears a simple decoration of curved
diagonal strokes. The left edge carries an inscriptionin Norse Runic
lettering reading, 'In Osruthr: Raist: Runer: Thsar:' meaning 'But Osruth
carved these ruins.' The upper edge portion of the cross is missing. It
probably bore the name of the man or woman to whose memory the stone
was originally set up.
