Closeburn 2 Description of stone
Event ID 1083828
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1083828
Closeburn 2, Dumfriesshire, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.47m, W 0.42m, D 0.9m
Stone type: sandstone.
Place of discovery: NX 90375 92318
Present location: Dumfries Museum (1953/49).
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1912 in the porch of the modern church, but presumably from the old churchyard. It was transferred to Dumfries Museum in 1953.
Present condition: the carving is in good condition, and parts of two edges are intact, but the fragment is broken top and bottom.
Description
This fragment forms part of the lower section of a cross-slab, carved on one side only. Using deep grooves, the carver has outlined the shaft and square base of a plain cross, with panels alongside the shaft that contain knotwork.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Craig 1992, vol 2, 37-8.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
