St Vigeans 31 Description of stone
Event ID 1031040
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1031040
St Vigeans 31 (St Vigianus), Angus, cross-slab fragments
Measurements: H 0.24m, W 0.20m, D 0.10m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO c 6384 4289
Present location: in St Vigeans Museum (HES).
Evidence for discovery: found during the1870s restoration. It was taken into St Vigeans Museum in 1960.
Present condition: weathered, two broken edges, probably trimmed for re-use.
Description
These conjoined fragments form part of the top portion of a cross-slab, carved in relief with a cross on both broad faces. The top has a rounded shape, and the slab has a wide flat-band border, on which the side-arms of the cross encroach on face A. The cross on face A has inner incised outline and rounded circular armpits. On face C the armpits are closed and the cross appears to be plain, but the surface is very worn.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references: Geddes 2017, no VIG031.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
