Fowlis Wester Church
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Fowlis Wester Church
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Fowlis Wester Churchyard
Canmore ID 26190
Site Number NN92SW 29
NGR NN 9279 2409
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/26190
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fowlis Wester
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Fowlis Wester 5 (St Beanus), Perthshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.38m, W 0.90m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NN 9279 2409
Present location: flat beneath paving stones of a path in the churchyard at Fowlis Wester.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 1988. Plough marks on one edge suggest that it came from elsewhere.
Present condition: good.
Description
This irregularly shaped slab is lightly incised at one end with an equal-armed cross.
Date: eighth century.
References: DES 1988, 27; Borland 2016, 11-12.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NN92SW 29 9279 2409
Not to be confused with NN92SW 5 (Fowlis Wester Cross - stone in church: replica outside).
(Location cited as NN 928 240). Set into a path in Fowlis Wester churchyard, present ground level, is a large irregular slab, maximum length 138cm, maximum width 90cm, marked towards the broader end with a lightly incised equal-armed cross. The large size and irregular shape suggest that the stone has always been recumbent.
N Robertson 1988.
The cross-incised slab that is noted by Robertson lies in a path from the door of the church to a gate in the NW corner of the graveyard. The cross measures 0.2m in length and 0.17m in breadth and is little weathered. One edge of the stone bears a series of plough scars, which suggests that it has been brought into the churchyard from another location.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 9 November 1995.
