Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 16
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 16
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353195
Site Number NS56NE 17.17
NGR NS 5534 6691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353195
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 16 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.79m, W 0.56m, D 0.20m
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.
Present condition: extremely heavily worn.
Description
This is a rectangular slab, so worn that there is only a patch of interlace to be discerned close to one long edge.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 468, no 16; Cramp 1994, fig 34b.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
