Monifieth 3 Description of stone
Event ID 1036342
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Monifieth 3 (St Regulus), Angus, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.46m, W 0.58m, D 0.08m
Stone type: grey sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 4953 3235
Present location: National Museums Scotland (X.IB. 28)
Evidence for discovery: found sometime before 1864 when a well was being dug in a garden in the village. It was given to NMAS in 1871.
Present condition: worn and damaged surfaces, and broken top and bottom.
Description
A central portion of a cross-slab, this fragment is carved on both broad faces. In relief on face A is the shaft of a cross, bordered by roll moulding and filled with dense circular interlace pattern. To the left of the shaft is a quadruped facing left, above a human figure with his knees drawn up and tightly interlaced with the legs of a large bird, which is biting the back of the man’s neck. To the right of the shaft are two interlaced serpents. On face C are incised a hunting scene with horseman, two hounds and a deer, all facing left, and another quadruped facing right, a fish-monster and two beasts with confronted jaws, possibly around a human head.
Date range: ninth or tenth century.
Primary references: Neish 1872, 73-4; ECMS pt 3, 230.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
