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Arbroath Abbey
Findspot, Seal(S) (Brass)
Site Name Arbroath Abbey
Classification Findspot, Seal(S) (Brass)
Canmore ID 35642
Site Number NO64SW 78
NGR NO 643 413
NGR Description NO c. 643 413
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35642
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
NO64SW 78 c. 643 413.
Two seals dating from the early thirteenth century were discovered amongst debris in the abbey ruins. The first seal of brass was found about 1820, and presented to Montrose Museum in 1841. It is inscribed with the words (S. ROBERTI DE LAMBILE) and the figure of a monk. The second seal is in the RMS (NM. 29). It bears the full length figure of an abbot in pontifical vestments and carries the inscriptions (S P (F?) W. MATHI MONAC, D. ABIRBROTHOT). The original brass matrix of the seal was discovered in the late nineteenth century.
J D Gilruth 1938; SBS Arbroath 1982
