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Publication Account
Date 1964
Event ID 685744
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Publication Account
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/685744
NO24SE 25.25 2872 4459.
No. 25 Recumbent hog-backed grave-stone: the thick decorated ridge ends in a beast's head, as though the ridge were itself a snake-like creature: the sides are worked in three rows of scales or tiles. Note the beautiful modelling of the body, undulating yet firm, instantly recalling the body of a fish or animal.
S Cruden 1964
