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St Vigeans 30 Description of stone

Event ID 1031041

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1031041

St Vigeans 30 (St Vigianus), Angus, cross-slab fragment

Measurements: H 0.27m, W0.26m, D 0.05m

Stone type: grey 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: the lower part of the slab and the top left corner are missing, and he surfaces are very weathered.

Description

A very worn outline cross carved in relief spans the slab, and the other faces appear to be plain. There may be traces of interlace within the cross, but the weathering is too severe to be sure.

Date range: early medieval.

Primary references: Geddes 2017, no VIG030.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.

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