Archaeology Notes

Event ID 715446

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NT36NW 24.01 3018 6610.

Two Class III stones were recovered in 1866 from the ruins of the old parish church of Lasswade (NT 3018 6610), where they had been used as building material. They were donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1867. One (Accession no: IB 20) measures 16" x 11" x 4". Allen suggests that this stone may belong to a period later than Early Christian. The other, the arm of a free-standing cross, (IB 21) measures 12" x 8" x 5" and bears on one side the right hand of a crucified figure, and a long-tongued beast on the reverse.

J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1870; NMAS 1892; RCAHMS 1929.