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Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 13

Gravestone (Early Medieval)

Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 13

Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)

Canmore ID 353182

Site Number NS56NE 17.14

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 13 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone

Measurements: L 1.32m +. W 0.68m, D 0.19m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NS c 5537 6588

Present location: in the nave of Govan Old Parish Church.

Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in the nineteenth century and taken into the church in 1926.

Present condition: worn and the base is broken at an angle.

Description

This slab tapers slightly towards the missing foot. It has a raised plain border and a higher relief angle-knob at each corner of the intact head end. Within the frame there is an outline cross with side-arms touching the border, with an incised line giving the impression of a roll moulding round the cross. It has circular armpits. The background to the cross is filled with panels of very heavy, median-incised interlace patterns.

Date: tenth or eleventh century.

References: ECMS pt 3, 466, no 13; Cramp 1994, fig 28b.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017

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