View of medieval graveslab bearing incised ouline of long shaft Maltese cross at base of wall beside N gatepost at entrance to burial ground, NY 2577 8020.

Description View of medieval graveslab bearing incised ouline of long shaft Maltese cross at base of wall beside N gatepost at entrance to burial ground, NY 2577 8020.

Date 12/1995

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

Catalogue Number C 66693 CN

Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images

Copies SC 382621

Scope and Content Fragments of a medieval grave-slab, Carruthers old parish church, Dumfries and Galloway Nothing remains of the medieval parish church of Carruthers, though a raised platform near the centre of the churchyard probably indicates the site. A number of medieval carved stones and architectural fragments are incorporated into the churchyard wall. Broken into at least five pieces, this large medieval gravestone bears a deeply incised Maltese cross on its face. In 1609, an Act of the Scottish parliament ordered that the parishes of Carruthers, Middlebie and Pennersaughs were to be merged. The church building was still standing around 1750, and the burial-ground contains a number of 18th-century headstones. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

Medium Colour negative

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