Tarfside Description of stone
Event ID 1033663
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Tarfside, Angus, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.80m, W 0.50m, D 0.40m
Stone type: whinstone
Place of discovery: NO 48413 79777
Present location: in situ, beside an old track.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1853.
Present condition: weathered and damaged at the top.
Description
The north face of this boulder, facing the track, is incised with an outline Latin cross filling the available space.
Date range: seventh to ninth century.
Primary references: Jervise 1853, 81.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
