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Abercorn Description of stone

Event ID 1011303

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011303

Abercorn 6, West Lothian, coped grave cover fragment

Measurements: H 0.22m, L 0.33m, W 0.41m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NT 0814 7907

Present location: inside the church in the room beneath the Hopetoun Loft.

Evidence for discovery: found on the south side of the church c1893.

Present condition: broken but carving in good condition.

Description

This is a fragment from the upper central portion of a grave-cover, with a triple-roll ridge, 114mm wide. Below are three rows of well-cut tegulae with straight sides and rounded tips.

Date: twelfth century.

References: Lang 1974, 222 (Abercorn 3).

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016

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