Photographic copy of drawing of the Cat Stane by J Drummond. Inscr: 'The Catstane 14th April 1860'.
MLD 14/3 P
Description Photographic copy of drawing of the Cat Stane by J Drummond. Inscr: 'The Catstane 14th April 1860'.
Date 1860
Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number MLD 14/3 P
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 488188
Scope and Content Inscribed stone known as 'The Catstane', Kirkliston, West Lothian Antiquarian sketches and early descriptions of monuments are valuable to historians and archaeologists. Many of the sites described by antiquarians have subsequently been destroyed and their accounts are the only record of the monuments. An excavation at the base of the stone was made in 1860, by Professor James Young Simpson. This is one of a number of sketches made by James Drummond a well-known Scottish draughtsman and scholar. Excavation around the stone has revealed that it was the focus for a cemetery of long cist burials used by Christianised Britons. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference SAS 44
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