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
