Laggangarn Description of stone
Event ID 1084192
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Laggangarn 1, Wigtownshire, cross-incised standing stone
Measurements: H 1.88m+, W 0.66m, D 0.34m
Stone type: greywacke
Place of discovery: NX 2223 7166
Evidence for discovery: one of seven standing stones surviving in 1873, of which only two remain (Laggangarn 1 & 2).
Present location: in situ on moorland above a bend in the Tarf Water.
Present condition: weathered.
Description:
Likely originally to have been a prehistoric standing stone, this monolith is incised on one broad face with an outline cross with an open-ended shaft. The upper arm is wedge-shaped and the side-arms expand slightly, and there are small hollows at the base of the arms. Above and below the side-arms are small incised linear crosses.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: ECMS pt 3, 501-2; Craig 1992, vol 3, 161-4, vol 4, pls 140 A & B, 141.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
