Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 40
Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Glasgow, Govan Old Parish Church, Govan 40
Classification Gravestone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 353228
Site Number NS56NE 17.41
NGR NS 5534 6591
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/353228
- Council Glasgow, City Of
- Parish Govan (City Of Glasgow)
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District City Of Glasgow
- Former County Lanarkshire
Govan 40 (St Constantine), Glasgow, Renfrewshire, recumbent gravestone
Measurements: H 1.60m, W 0.46m, D 0.15m
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 and reburied. Rediscovered during excavations in 2019.
Present condition: worn.
Description
This long rectangular slab has a plain border and a plain outline cross.
Date: tenth or eleventh century.
References: Stirling Maxwell 1899, no 30; Cramp 1994, fig 66b.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017 & 2019.
