Bute, St Blane's

Recumbent graveslab, found in the N wall of the nave; now lost. It was broken across but complete, measuring 1.55m by 0.41m. At each angle there was a flat-topped boss about 0.13m in diameter, linked in pairs by panels which enclosed at the top an incised saltire and at the foot an equal-armed cross. Within a 35mm margin the upper part bore an outline Latin cross with sunken armpits defining the quadrants of a ring, set on a background of plaitwork. Below this a panel defined by mouldings continuous with the margin was filled with diagonal key-pattern, and the panel at the foot was divided vertically into two compartments, the only surviving ornament being a knot formed by two interlaced oval rings.

(Anderson 1900, 322 and fig.29 on p.321; Allen and Anderson, 3, 408-9, no.4; Schultz album, pl.5; Cross 1984, B16).

Fisher 2001.