Archaeology Notes

Event ID 688741

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO40SW 2 4234 0347

(NO 4176 0339) Sculptured Stone (NR) (Site of)

OS 6" map (1938)

A portion of this stone called 'Largo Cross', was found some years ago when a section of the north side of Norrie's Law (NO40NW 3) was removed. The other portion was found afterwards about a mile away from this.

Name Book 1854

A sculptured stone was found on the south of Largo estate in 1839, when one portion of it was serving as a drain-cover, a mile away from the other. It was set up in the grounds at Largo House but later was removed to Arniston, Midlothian, and then brought back to Largo Church, where it stands in a roofed and grilled enclosure just within the gateway.

It is an upright slab of red sandstone, 6 feet 6 inches by 2 feet 6 inches by 5 1/2 inches, and of nearly rectangular form with a rounded top. On the front is sculptured a Celtic cross, and a pair of sea-horses. On the reverse, horseback men, a double disc and Z-rod and the elephant symbol.

J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; RCAHMS 1933.