Glamis 3 Description of stone
Event ID 1037095
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1037095
Glamis 3 (St Fergus), Angus, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.50m, W 0.57m, D 0.10m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 386 468
Present location: Meffan Institute, Forfar.
Evidence for discovery: fragments of a cross-slab were found in the churchyard during grave-digging sometime before 1911. This is the only fragment recovered. It was formerly displayed in the church porch.
Present condition: broken.
Description
Carved in low relief is the lower part of a cross-shaft formed of a two-strand interlace and the lower part of a flower symbol.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Stirton 1911; Fraser 2008, no 61.3.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
