Hoddom Description of stone
Event ID 1083865
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1083865
Hoddom 71, Dumfriesshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.22m, D 0.04m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NY 1680 7289
Present location: Dumfries Museum.
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing NE of Hoddom graveyard.
Present condition: broken and very damaged.
Description
This fragment is a corner of a slab incised with an outline cross. It shows parts of two arms with squared terminals and a rounded armpit, one arm shorter than the other and abutting the edge of the slab.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Craig 2006, 128 (SF32).
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
