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Kirriemuir 11 Description of stone

Event ID 1036330

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1036330

Kirriemuir 11 (St Mary), Angus, cross-slab fragment

Measurements: H 0.20m, W 0.27m

Stone type: red sandstone

Place of discovery: NO 3864 3591

Present location: Meffan Museum and Gallery, Forfar

Evidence for discovery

Present condition:

Description

A fragment from the upper part of a cross-slab, this is carved in relief with a plain cross-head with rounded armpits and parts of the adjacent panels, enclosed by roll mouldings.

Date range: ninth or tenth century.

Primary references: RCAHMS 2003.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017

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