Description of stone
Event ID 1010100
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010100
St Gordian’s Cross, Newholm Hope Burn, Kirkhope, Peeblesshire, cross-base
Measurements: H 0.48m, W 0.66m by 0.56m
Stone type: grey sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 2175 3782
Present location: in a small enclosure near Kirkhope (NT 1941 3071).
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1838 on a small hillock near Kirkton Manor (ID 51301), and moved about 1874 to its present location at the traditional site of St Gordian’s Chapel.
Present condition: greatly worn and damaged, especially the socket which has been enlarged to resemble a font.
Description
The stone has a waisted profile and there are hints of decoration. The rectangular base of the original socket is intact, measuring 0.23m by 0.20m.
Date: possibly tenth century.
References: RCAHMS 1967, no 379.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
