Two ways 'St Cuthbert's cross' could be the Black Rood of Scotland

Once you accept that 'St Cuthbert's cross' is unlikely to be St Cuthbert's cross, you have to account for what it might be.

This creates a large number of possibilities because the pre-Reformation Cathedral naturally contained many, many precious crosses. And the one found in Cuthbert's coffin could just as easily have come from outside Durham.

Neverthele…