Glenluce Description of stone
Event ID 1084095
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1084095
Glenluce 1, Wigtownshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.47m, W 0.38m, D 0.13m
Stone type: greywacke.
Place of discovery: NX 1969 5742.
Evidence for discovery: found during grave-digging in Glenluce kirkyard in the mid nineteenth century and used as a seat outside a nearby cottage until 1878 when it was returned to the kirkyard. Two years later it was presented to NMAS in Edinburgh.
Present location: National Museums Scotland (X.IB.45)
Present condition: worn but in reasonable condition.
Description:
This is a tall, round-headed cross-slab carved on one broad face in a mixture of low relief and incision. At the top is a Maltese cross, plain apart from an inner incised outline and a central double-ringed boss, and the narrow armpits contain scrolls and bosses. Below is a panel of interlace using median-incised cords, and at the base a small panel of knotwork.
Date range: early medieval.
Primary references: Craig 1992, vol 3, 75-8, vol 4, pl 119.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
