Govan Description of stone
Event ID 1019924
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019924
Govan 27 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.80m, W 0.53m, D 0.20m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NS c 5537 6588
Present location: in the nave of Govan Old Parish Church.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in the nineteenth century, re-used as a gravestone.
Present condition: very worn, and both head and foot are damaged.
Description
A long slender slab, tapering towards the foot, with a plain border, this bore a plain cross with an incised line outlining its shape with small circular armpits. There are panels of very heavy interlace around the cross. Across the upper arm are incised the letters J N J A.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 469, no 27; Cramp 1994, fig 30b.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
