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Object type: Part of cross-head [1] [2]
Measurements: H. 35 > 33 cm (13.8 > 13 in) W. 52 > 49 cm (20.5 > 19.3 in) D. Built in
Stone type: As Forcett 3 (St Cuthbert), except that this cross-head has brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) patches.
Plate numbers in printed volume: Ills. 256–7
Corpus volume reference: Vol 6 p. 111
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Part of a type A1 squared cross with curved arm-pits.
A (broad, interior) : There is a plain edge moulding. In the centre is a defaced boss (4 inches in diameter). The straight-sided cross-arms contain a looping strand whose knots are somewhat disorganised, two of them with bar terminals and an incorporated free ring. The broken arm had a different pattern.
B and D (narrow) : Built in.
C (broad, exterior) : As face A.
The squared cross shape is unusual in Yorkshire but is one of the simplest to construct. The loops in the cross-arms are probably echoes of the motif on the cross-heads at Brompton: the 'Brompton loop' (Fig. 12, p. 47). Like much of Forcett's sculpture, this is a rustic response to more stylish carving nearby.
[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.
[2] The following is an unpublished manuscript reference to no. 5: BL Add. MS 37552 no. XIV, item 557 (Romilly Allen collection).
