Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 30
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 30
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353209
Site Number NS56NE 17.31
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353209
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 30 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone fragment
Measurements: H c 0.50m, W 0.51m, D 0.15m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NS c 5537 6588
Present location: in the churchyard.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in the nineteenth century and reburied. Rediscovered during excavations in 2019.
Present condition: very worn.
Description
This defaced fragment was the foot end of a slab with a plain border and bore traces of interlace.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 470, no 30; Cramp 1994, fig 67c.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017 & 2019.
