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Crail, Parish Church. Interior - carved cross in Church.
SC 388562
Description Crail, Parish Church. Interior - carved cross in Church.
Date c. 1890
Collection Papers of Erskine Beveridge, antiquarian, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 388562
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of F 1953
Scope and Content View of medieval cross-slab inside St Mary's Parish Church, Marketgate, Crail, Fife Crail was created a royal burgh in 1310. St Mary's, a large aisled medieval church, has 12th-century origins, but dates mainly from when it became a collegiate church in 1517, with alterations in 1815, 1828 and 1963. This cross-slab bears a carved Celtic cross decorated with interlace and key patterns, with a key-patterned hood or 'glory' above. On either side of the shaft are carved figures of humans and animals including a lamb, an ass and a bird. Collegiate churches were endowed for the support of priests whose principal duty was to say masses for the souls of the founders and their families. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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