Kirkclaugh Description of stone
Event ID 1084086
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Kirkclaugh, Kirkcudbrightshire, cross slab
Measurements: H 1.52m, W 0.49m, D 0.15m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NX 5343 5212
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 1742 standing on the outer rampart of the motte and bailey at Kirkclaugh. By 1895 the stone had fallen and it was moved to the garden at Kirkclaugh.
Present location: near the house at Kirkclaugh.
Present condition: worn and the top is damaged.
Description:
This monument has a cross carved in low relief on both broad faces. On face A the terminals of the arms lie at the edges of the stone, and the upper arm is edge-shaped. Within the arms are pairs of parallel incised lines, and at the centre of the cross-head is a rosette with a central ring and dot. Another ring and dot appears on the lower arm, which sits on a broad shaft with incised triangular decoration.
Face C bears a plain cross with wedge-shaped upper arm and long bulging shaft.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: Stuart 1856, 38, pl 123; ECMS pt 3, 480; Craig 1992, vol 2, 322-5.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
