Kirriemuir, High Street, Old Parish Church
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Kirriemuir, High Street, Old Parish Church
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kirriemuir No.17; Bank Street; Barony Parish Churchyard
Canmore ID 319746
Site Number NO35SE 3.14
NGR NO 38644 53915
NGR Description Centred on NO 38644 53915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319746
- Council Angus
- Parish Kirriemuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Kirriemuir 17 (St Mary), Angus, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.37m, W 0.28m, D 0.07m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 3864 3591
Present location: Meffan Museum and Gallery, Forfar
Evidence for discovery
Present condition:
Description
This small fragment is of considerable interest. It bears on one face the left-hand arm and part of the ring and central square panel of a cross-head. The slab was rounded at the top, following the line of the ring, and the arm extends a little from the side of the slab. The arm is cusped in form, with a double roll-moulded border, and it contains an interlaced serpent whose head is biting its own tail. The central panel appears to have been plain, and the two surviving armpits show an ornamental division into two.
Date range: ninth or tenth century.
Primary references: RCAHMS 2003.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
