Description of stone
Event ID 1009926
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009926
Dunino 1, Fife, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.48m, D 0.13m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 84090 10908
Present location: Cathedral Museum, St Andrews.
Evidence for discovery: found during grave-digging in the churchyard in the nineteenth century and recorded by Stuart in the 1850s.
Present condition:
Description
This small fragment comes from the middle part of face A of a cross-slab, carved in relief on one broad face only. It shows part of a cross-shaft with a roll moulding on either side and filled with fine interlace. To the right of the shaft are traces of figural ornament, including a possible arm and crosier.
Date: ninth century.
References: Stuart 1867, pl 11; ECMS pt 3, 365.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016