Archaeology Notes

Event ID 725380

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NX43NW 11 405 391.

Two fragments of sculptured stones which were found at Craiglemine (NX 405 391) are in the NMAS. One (Acc No IB 121) is the lower portion of a cross-shaft 3'3" x 1'6" x 3", with interlacing. The other, (IB 122) is a fragment of a cross-head 13" long, with a boss and circular depression. A third cross from Craiglemine, is at Carleton (NX 392 379). It measures 1'2" x 7 3/4 " x 1 3/4". A 10th century date is suggested for those crosses; though Collingwood also suggests that a chapel existed where they were found, Anderson states that there is no record or tradition of a chapel at Craiglemine, and in all probability the crosses originally were in the graveyard at Glasserton, about 1ml away (see NX43NW 10). RCAHMS 1912; W G Collingwood 1925; R Anderson 1926; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1887

The Carleton cross is now in Whithorn Museum and is as illustrated. Nothing is known of a chapel at Craiglemine.

Visited by OS (DWR) 1 February 1973