St Helen's Description of stone
Event ID 1008362
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1008362
St Helen’s Church 3, Old Cambus, Berwickshire, hogback gravestone
Measurements: L 0.64m, H 0.23m-0.27m, W 0.41m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 80377067
Present location:
Evidence for discovery: seen in churchyard in 1908. Recorded by Lang in early 1970s outside the south wall of the chancel. Not seen in 2015 but site deep in vegetation.
Present condition: worn and damaged.
Description:
This hogback belongs to Lang’s Illustrative type. It has a flat ridge and a basal vertical plinth. Side A is carved in relief with a quadruped. Side B is carved with four rows of tegulae.
Date: eleventh century.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
