Dyce, Saint Fergus' Church, Dyce No 1
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Dyce, Saint Fergus' Church, Dyce No 1
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Chapel Of St Fergus; Old Parish Church Of Dyce; Dyce, Old Church
Canmore ID 19467
Site Number NJ81NE 8.03
NGR NJ 8752 1541
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/19467
![Photographic copy of four rubbings. The upper two rubbings show detail of two cross incised stones, Dyce no.3 [left] and Dyce no.2 [right] from Dyce, Aberdeen. The lower two rubbings are yet to be identified.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/l/SC01409606.jpg)
![Photographic copy of four rubbings. The upper two rubbings show detail of two cross incised stones, Dyce no.3 [left] and Dyce no.2 [right] from Dyce, Aberdeen. The lower two rubbings are yet to be identified.](http://i.rcahms.gov.uk/canmore/s/SC01409606.jpg)
- Council Aberdeen, City Of
- Parish Dyce
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District City Of Aberdeen
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Reference (1911)
NJ81NE 8.03 8752 1541
Four stone crosses of different (unusual) forms have been discovered at various times during grave-digging in the churchyard. They lay 'for a considerable time' with the sculpture stone (NJ81NE 8.01) in the E gable, but have now been set into the walls.
('Dyce no. 1'). This mutilated stone measures 1'3" (380mm) in height, 10" (254mm) in breadth and 4" (102mm) in thickness, and bears a now-incomplete cross rudely formed of two incised lines which intersect at the centre. This intersection is enclosed by an incised square of side 5" (127mm) with sides drawn parallel to the lines that form the cross. A circular hollow of diameter 1" (25mm) and not unlike a shallow cupmark is set into the centre of each of the four small squares thus formed.
J Ritchie 1911
