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St Vigeans 27 Description of stone
Event ID 1031036
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1031036
St Vigeans 27 (St Vigianus), Angus, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.12m, W 0.14m, D 0.8m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO c 6384 4289
Present location: in St Vigeans Museum (HES).
Evidence for discovery: found during the 1870s restoration and placed in the tower. It was taken into St Vigeans Museum in 1960.
Present condition: the base of the rounded spiral is broken and the reverse face is damaged.
Description
Possibly a finial from an item of stone furniture, this fragment consists of a rounded spiral.
Date range: early medieval.
Primary references: ECMS pt 3, 280; Geddes 2017, no VIG027.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
