Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 15
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 15
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353194
Site Number NS56NE 17.16
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353194
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 15 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.46m, W 0.59m, D 0.15m
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 graveyard in the nineteenth century, having been re-used as an eighteenth-century graveslab.
Present condition: very worn, and the head and foot of the slab are damaged.
Description
This slab has a marked taper, narrowing towards the foot. It has a wide plain border, missing from the head and foot, and the side-arms of the cross extend to meet the border. The cross has an inner incised line round its outline and circular armpits. There appear to be traces of internal ornament, probably interlace, filling its interior, but this has mostly either worn away or been removed in order to add the inscription T A . E A above the date 1723. The cross is surrounded by panels of interlaced ornament, possibly with a median line to the cords.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 468, no 15; Cramp 1994, fig 31c.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
