Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 28
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 28
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353207
Site Number NS56NE 17.29
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353207
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 28 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.65m, W 0.57m, D 0.29m
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, re-used as a gravestone.
Present condition: worn, with edge damage, and the head end defaced for the later inscription.
Description
Within a wide plain border, this stone bore a plain cross with small circular armpits, the arms extending to meet the border. The background is filled with very heavy interlace. The initials T A . E A are incised above the date 1723.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 469-70, no 28; Cramp 1994, 29c.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
