Reference

Date 1964

Event ID 692566

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

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Upright cross-slab severely trimmed in some late re-use. On the front a long-shafted cross stands upon an oblong base. On the left of the shaft are five figures. On the right of the shaft is a pair of enthroned robed figures holding a circular object between them. Below them is a bull confronted by a naked kneeling man with rod or knife upraised to its throat.

The other side of the slab was richly sculptured also. The head of another splendid cross can still be seen, and traces of sculpture beneath it on the left, but the surface has been grieviously damaged. The subject-matter of this magnificent memorial - it must have been seven feet high or more - is of great interest although inexplicable still. Moved from St Vigeans Church to museum in 1960 (NO 6383 4294).

S Cruden 1964