Abercorn Description of stone
Event ID 1011326
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011326
Abercorn 7, West Lothian, cross-head fragment
Measurements: H 0.36m, W 0.26m, D 0.30m, boss projects by 0.11m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 0814 7907
Present location: inside the church in the room beneath the Hopetoun Loft.
Evidence for discovery: unknown.
Present condition: very worn and battered.
Description
The fragment includes the central area and part of the two lower arm pits. The arm pits are wide and circular, with double pelletted mouldings. Face A is carved with a circular boss 0.20m in diameter with a central rosette set on two stepped discs, while on face D there is a larger rosette of shallower profile.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: RCAHMS 1929, no 274, cross no 6; Calder 1938.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
