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Side view of recumbent slab.
SC 397905
Description Side view of recumbent slab.
Catalogue Number SC 397905
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 1518 CN
Scope and Content Recumbent rectangular grave-stone, Meigle, Perthshire It is probable that by the 8th century Meigle was an important ecclesiastical centre, with powerful royal patrons. There may have been a church or monastery and burial-ground which attracted secular burials. Architectural fragments have also been found. On the right side of the stone, carved in relief, two large bulls confront each other and a stag is being bitten by a wolf or dog. The upper surface is decorated with a pattern of lozenges. There is a broken socket which would have held an upright cross. By the second half of the 8th century, the Picts combined abstract ornament similar to that found on metalwork and in illuminated manuscripts, with symbols, animals, horsemen or hunting scenes on their grave-stones and cross-slabs. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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