Kingoldrum 3 Description of stone
Event ID 1031062
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1031062
Kingoldrum 3 (St Medan), Angus, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.23m, W 0.20m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 3342 5504
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (IB 41)
Evidence for discovery: found in the walls of the medieval church when it was demolished in 1840.
Present condition: broken but carving crisp.
Description
This appears to have been part of the upper portion of a tapering slab. Face A bears a Maltese cross carved in relief within a roundel. Face C displays the haloed head, torso and left arm of the crucified Christ, with a possible saltire to the right of the head.
Date range: tenth or eleventh century.
Primary references: ECMS pt 3, 258.
Desk-basded information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
