Description of stone
Event ID 1010272
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010272
Abernethy 10 (?St Bridget), cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.78m, W 0.51m, D 0.19m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 1899 1639
Present location: Abernethy Museum Trust.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard prior to 1897.
Present condition: very worn.
Description
This fragment of a straight-sided cross-slab is carved in relief on both broad faces. Face A displays the upper part of the shaft of a cross with the start of a curve out to the side-arms. the shaft is plain but is outlined by a roll-moulding. Face B is very damaged but appears to show a panel of ornament of unusual composition.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: Butler 1897, pl III; Proudfoot 1997, 53 (no 9).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
