Description of stone
Event ID 1011813
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011813
Inchbrayock 2 (St Brioc), Angus, Pictish cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.33m, D 0.08m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 7093 5675
Present location: Montrose Museum.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1857 in Inchbrayock graveyard and transferred to Montrose Museum in 1859.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This is the upper portion of a cross-slab, carved in relief and edged with a plain flatband moulding on both sides. The cross on face A is framed by a roll moulding and has rectangular terminals and a central square, the whole filled with loose two-strand interlace. On either side of the upper arm is a winged human figure with a bird head facing left. The left-hand figure has a hooked beak, while that on the right has a long straight beak. Face C bears a horse-rider trotting to the left, with a shield, sword and possibly a dagger. Beneath the horse are traces of a deer with antlers.
Date range: ninth century.
Primary references: ECMS pt 3, 254-5; RCAHMS 2003.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
