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Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 23

Gravestone (Early Medieval)

Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 23

Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)

Canmore ID 353202

Site Number NS56NE 17.24

NGR NS 5534 6591

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Glasgow, City Of
  • Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
  • Former Region Strathclyde
  • Former District City Of Glasgow
  • Former County Lanarkshire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Govan 23 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone

Measurements: H 1.55m+, W 0.71m, D 0.18m

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.

Present condition: very worn and part of the head end is missing.

Description

This slab narrows slightly towards the foot. It has a wide, plain raised border, with inner expansions to suggest angle-knobs at the surviving end. The outline cross with very small circular armpits appears to have been plain, and its background is filled with interlace patterns of thick cords. Across the side-arms and centre of the cross-head is the secondary inscription I E A M E S I E G K above M A R G E T I B S O N, and possibly a date below.

Date: tenth or eleventh century.

References: ECMS pt 3, 466, no 23; Cramp 1994, fig 29a.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017

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