Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 19
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 19
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353198
Site Number NS56NE 17.20
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353198
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 19 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H c 2.00m, W 0.55m, D 0.13m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NS c 5537 6588
Present location: lost.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in the nineteenth century.
Present condition: when photographed in the late nineteenth century this slab had considerable edge damage.
Description
Allen describes the slab as bearing a plain cross surrounded by interlaced ornament.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 468-9, no 19; Cramp 1994, fig 66d.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
