Birse Description of stone
Event ID 1084406
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Birse (St Michael), Aberdeenshire, Pictish cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.29m, W 0.13m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NO c 555 973
Present location: built into the interior face of the garden wall at Birse Manse, near the church.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1995.
Present condition: all edges are broken but the surviving carving is clear.
Description
This small fragment appears to be part of a Pictish cross-slab. It is incised with a curlicue, probably the lower right portion of a cross-shaft, and a double-sided comb tucked in above. A curving line above the comb is likely to be the tip of the handle of a mirror symbol.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references: Fraser 2008, no 5.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019
