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Camperdown House Description of stone
Event ID 1084533
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1084533
Camperdown House, King’s Cross, Dundee, cross base
Measurements: L 1.05m, W 0.95m, H 0.54m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 3583 3292
Present location: 40m south-west of Camperdown House.
Evidence for discovery: in the mid nineteenth century this cross-base stood on a mound some 2.5m to the east and was known as ‘King’s Cross’ or ‘Standard Stone’. It was moved sometime after 1865.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
An irregularly shaped boulder, the top is dressed level and a rectangular socket is cut into it. The socket measures about 0.23m by 0.14m and 0.18 in depth.
Date range: early medieval.
Primary references: Borland, Fraser & Sherriff 2007, 101-3.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019
