Jedburgh carved stones Description of collection
Event ID 1084805
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Jedburgh carved stones
Jedburgh’s twelfth-century abbey was built on the site of an earlier Anglo-Saxon church, probably part of a monastery, from which a number of carved stones survive. Most are fragments of larger monuments, and the collection represents a shrine chest (nos 1.1 and 1.2), five free-standing crosses (nos 5, 9, 10, 8/13, 11), an architectural panel (no 12) and three recumbent grave-covers. There is also a massive cross-base, found at the north-east end of the town and now in the grounds of Mary Queen of Scots House. Overall the collection dates from the later eighth century to the eleventh century, and its artistic links are with Northumbrian sculpture and with the Pictish traditions of Tayside.
A Ritchie 2019
