Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 17
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 17
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353196
Site Number NS56NE 17.18
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353196
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 17 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.45m, 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 churchyard in the nineteenth century having been re-used as a gravestone in the seventeenth century.
Present condition: extremely worn and the left-hand corner at the head end is damaged.
Description
This rectangular slab tapers slightly towards the foot. It has a wide plain border and the cross may have been plain apart from an inner outline formed by an incised line, with side-arms extending out into the the border. Above the side-arms the cross is surrounded by five ring-knots, and flanking the shaft are traces of panels filled with interlace. Below the base of the shaft is a rectangular panel filled with very thick angular knotwork formed of cords with a median line. There is a secondary inscription at the centre of the defaced cross, which reads W . I above the date 1634.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 468, no 17; Cramp 1994, fig 30a.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
