Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 8
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 8
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353110
Site Number NS56NE 17.09
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353110
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 8 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: L 1.70m, W 0.56m, D 0.14m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NS c 5537 6588
Present location: in the nave of Govan Old Parish Church.
Evidence for discovery: found re-used in the churchyard in the nineteenth century.
Present condition: very worn and broken into two fragments.
Description
This is a long rectangular slab with rounded corners. Within a plain border there is a plain outline cross with squared armpits, the side-arms of which extend to merge with the border. The cross is entirely surrounded by interlace with median-incised cords. Across the side-arms and cross centre are deeply incised the initials M W H.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3-4, 467, no 8; Cramp 1994, fig 29b.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
