Volume 6: Northern Yorkshire
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Current Display: Forcett 08, Yorkshire North Riding 
Overview
Object type: Fragment
Measurements: L. 25 cm (9.9 in) W. 20 cm (8 in) D. Built in
Stone type: As Forcett 3 (St Cuthbert)
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ill. 260
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 112
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Present Location
Built into south wall of chancel, exterior, one course above ground level and 3 m from east end
Evidence for Discovery
First noted by C. D. Morris, 1976. The church was almost entirely rebuilt in 1859 (Pevsner 1966, 163).
Church Dedication
St Cuthbert
Present Condition
Very worn; only one face visible, edged with mortar
Description
The remains of two crossing strands, apparently locked by an angular free ring.
Discussion
Not enough survives to show what sort of monument this came from, but a locking ring is also found on nos. 2 and 5 at Forcett.
D.C.
Date
Tenth century
References
Morris, C. 1976a, 142
Endnotes
[1] The following are general references to the Forcett stones: (—) 1880–9, civ; Hodges 1894, 195; (—) 1896–1905c, cxxxii; Morris, J. 1904, 156, 420; (—) 1909–10, 72; Morris, J. 1931, 158, 417; (—) 1934–6b, 137; Pevsner 1966, 163; Morris, C. 1976a, 142; Bailey 1980, 191; Welfare et al. 1990, 18.
