Field Visit

Date 18 December 1992

Event ID 921374

Category Recording

Type Field Visit

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/921374

This massive sandstone slab (measuring 2.8m in height, 1.2m in width and 0.25m in thickness) was formerly used as a footbridge over the Kettins Burn; it now stands very close to the NW wall of the burial-ground of Kettins parish church (NO23NW 6), set in a modern base and further supported by metal clamps. Worn decoration survives on one face: the cross has been almost completely defaced, but three areas of ornament on the shaft can still be detected, comprising a band of interlace and square panels of key-pattern and interlace. What may be the tail of a 'Pictish beast' is visible to the left side of the top of the cross, and there are four panels of worn ornament on the right side. These comprise: a beast with curled tail; a winged beast; a figure between two animal-headed monsters; a pair of facing beasts biting each other's tails.

Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, JNGR) 18 December 1992.