Ancrum Description of stone
Event ID 1019957
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1019957
Ancrum 4, Roxburghshire, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.24m, W 0.14m
Stone type: deep red old red sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 6215 2485
Present location: re-used as part of the internal left-hand jamb of the north window in the east wall of a burial enclosure built in 1872 at the east end of Old Ancrum church.
Evidence for discovery: found in 2016.
Present condition: trimmed for re-use and very weathered.
Description
One of the two visible faces of this stone bears traces of relief-carving, possibly dense interlace similar to that on Ancrum 1. This face forms part of the internal window surround and the other face has been trimmed.
Date: ninth or tenth century
References:
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
