Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 37
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 37
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353224
Site Number NS56NE 17.38
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353224
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 37 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone fragment
Measurements: H 0.69m, W 0.51m, D 0.08m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NS c 5537 6588
Present location: in the churchyard.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in the nineteenth century, re-used as a gravestone, and reburied. Rediscovered during excavations in 2019.
Present condition: defaced and worn.
Description
The early carving was almost entirely defaced, apart from some traces of interlace and a plain border. The slab was incised with the initials A Y over the date 1724.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 466, no 37; Cramp 1994, fig 67d.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017 & 2019.
