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Borthwick Description of stone
Event ID 1009767
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009767
Borthwick 2, Midlothian, cross-shaft fragment
Measurements: H 0.53m, W 0.25m
Stone type: white sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 3688 5963
Present location: set into the rear wall of Crookston House (NT 4256 5162), above the second-floor windows and to the right of an armorial panel.
Evidence for discovery: found in Borthwick churchyard and re-used when Crookston House was remodelled in 1860-4.
Present condition: broken and worn but the carving is still clear.
Description
This fragment is part of one of the narrow faces of a cross-shaft, carved in relief with cable mouldings, inner roll mouldings and a panel of three-cord plait. The cords have a median incised line.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 421-3.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
