Publication drawing; Details of Wamphray incised cross.

Description Publication drawing; Details of Wamphray incised cross.

Date 1996

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number DC 32771

Category Prints and Drawings

Copies SC 382758, SC 382759, SC 382760, SC 1918375

Scope and Content Drawing showing the exposed side of a cross-shaft fragment built into Wamphray church, Dumfries and Galloway A fragment of a finely carved cross-shaft has been reused as a lintel over the west door of Wamphray church. Local tradition suggests the stone came from the site of a nearby chapel at Barneygill. Although only a small portion of the stone's edge is visible, the decoration can be reconstructed. A pattern of three interlaced loops with long glides seems to repeat itself along the edge of the shaft. The carvings date to around the 9th century, a period when the Angles of Northumbria settled across lowland Scotland and Cumbria. Along with the settlers came monasteries and churches, where finely carved free-standing crosses such as this were produced. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Scale 1:15

Medium Ink on film

External Reference Inv. fig. 279B

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