Description of stone
Event ID 1010146
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010146
Abercrombie 3, Fife, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.20m, W 0.30m, D 0.14m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 52189 03433
Present location: at Abercrombie Church.
Evidence for discovery: recorded around 1850 by Stuart, re-used in the wall of the church. John Gifford attributes the creation of the north door using fragments of medieval gravestones to a reconstruction of 1597-1602, while the church was still in use as the parish church (1988, 86). This slab is set into the right-hand jamb of the doorway (as seen from outside the church).
Present condition: weathered,
Description
The visible face A is carved in relief with a cross on a semi-circular base, with a rectangular upper arm, square side-arms, square centre and squared armpits. The cross-head is ornamented with five small square hollows, one in each arm and at the top of the shaft and one in the centre.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Stuart 1856, pl 124: ECMS pt 3, 349 (Abercromby); Gifford 1988.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
