Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 21
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 21
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353200
Site Number NS56NE 17.22
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353200
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 21 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.74m, W 0.59m, D 0.17m
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.
Present condition: extremely worn and broken into two fragments.
Description
There is a slight narrowing at the foot of this slab. It has a plain border, and both the cross and its background are filled with interlace ornament. Beneath the main panel and separated from it by a plain band there is a rectangular panel of interlace. Although the upper part of the cross appears to have been deliberately defaced, there is no trace of a secondary inscription.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 469, no 21; Cramp 1994, fig 30c.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
