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Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 9

Gravestone (Early Medieval)

Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 9

Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)

Canmore ID 353111

Site Number NS56NE 17.10

NGR NS 5534 6591

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Govan 9 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone

Measurements: L 1.14m +, W 0.52m, D 0.10m

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: worn and the base of the slab is missing.

Description

This gravestone has a rounded top and a plain border enclosing a cross outlined by a roll moulding, with circular armpits, the side arms of which extend to the outer border. Both the cross and its background are filled with median-incised interlace, except for a secondary panel cut at the base of the shaft to take the incised initials W Z and below I P, upside down in relation to the cross. The base of the slab was broken after this panel was cut.

Date: tenth or eleventh century.

References: ECMS pt 3, 465, no 9; Cramp 1994, fig 32b.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017

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