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Auldhame 2 Description of stone
Event ID 1012873
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1012873
Auldhame 2, East Lothian, cross-incised stone
Measurements: H 0.33m, W 0.56m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 6019 8476
Present location: in situ
Evidence for discovery: found during excavations of a monastic site in 2005.
Present condition: good.
Description
An irregular block of stone, this is incised with a simple linear cross, the right arm of which is disproportionately long.
Date: seventh century or later.
References: Crone & Hindmarch 2016, SF 270 [953].
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
