Jedburgh Description of stone
Event ID 1085147
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1085147
Jedburgh 6, recumbent grave-cover
Measurements: L more than 0.48m, W 0.37m
L more than 0.76m, W 0.39m, D 0.15m
Stone type: probably sandstone.
Present location: unknown.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 1894 as forming ‘a lintel over the south chapel of the choir, and under the stair leading to the tower’ (Watson 1894, 128). The exact location is now difficult to determine, and examination of the stair and its recesses in 2017 showed that any such stone could by now be unrecognisably weathered.
Present condition: unknown.
Description
The portion of this rectangular slab which was visible in 1894 showed part of the shaft and the lower edges of the side-arms of a plain cusped cross, carved in low relief. The terminals almost touched the plain flat-band mouldings along each side of the slab. The border is slightly narrower than the shaft of the cross. The lower part of the slab appears to be broken, while the head end was hidden behind ‘the jamb of the opening’ (Watson 1894, 128).
Date range: tenth or eleventh century.
Primary references: Watson 1894, 128, fig opp 128.
Research by A Ritchie 2019
