Abercorn Description of stone
Event ID 1011300
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011300
Abercorn 4, West Lothian, cross-shaft fragment
Measurements: H 0.51m, W 0.28m, D 0.16m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 0814 7907
Present location: in museum at Abercorn Church.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard sometime prior to 1903.
Present condition: worn.
Description
This is the lower part of a cross-shaft carved in relief on the two broad faces above a plain base. There are roll mouldings on the edges, with an inner roll moulding on the ornamented faces. Face A is carved with the lower part of a large panel of diagonal key pattern (ECMS type 95). Face B has a lower complete panel containing ten-cord plaitwork with breaks, while the surviving strip of the panel above has square key pattern. Faces B and D are carved with double-outlined plain panels.
Date: eighth century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 420; RCAHMS 1929, no 274, cross no 5.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016