Invermay 4 Description of stone
Event ID 1039415
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1039415
Invermay 4, Perthshire, cross base
Measurements: L 1.34m tapering upwards to 1.06m, W 1.14m tapering up to 0.90m, H 0.64m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 0598 1664
Present location: in situ in a field north of Invermay House and south-east of Forteviot.
Evidence for discovery: the cross had been destroyed shortly before 1770 and its fragments were described in 1796 in the Statistical Account. A plain stone was erected in the original base around 1840, and in 1891 Allen was shown the base, together with three fragments of the cross on a nearby clearance cairn. The fragments were later taken to Forteviot Church.
Present condition: weathered and plough-damaged, its fractures held together by iron clamps.
Description
Trapezoidal in form, this large block of stone has been carefully shaped and the central socket is surrounded by a projecting lip. The socket measures about 0.30m by 0.50m.
Date range: ninth century.
References: Statistical Account, vol 20, 125; ECMS pt 3, 327; Aitchison 2006, 126-7; Hall 2011, 149.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
