St Vigeans
Carved Stone (8th Century) - (10th Century)
Site Name St Vigeans
Classification Carved Stone (8th Century) - (10th Century)
Canmore ID 35577
Site Number NO64SW 3.25
NGR NO 6383 4294
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35577
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
St Vigeans 25 (St Vigianus), Angus, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.37m, W 0.42m, D 0.08m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO c 6384 4289
Present location: in St Vigeans Museum (HES).
Evidence for discovery: found during the 1870s restoration and placed in the tower. It was taken into St Vigeans Museum in 1960.
Present condition: two edges have been trimmed for re-use and the others are broken. The carving is very worn.
Description
Carved in relief on face A of this slab is a sturdy horse walking sedately. It bears a rider, whose head is missing but who is seated on a saddle-cloth and wearing a sword. A smaller human figure is seen in profile behind the horse’s neck, his feet well above ground.
Date range: eighth to tenth century.
Primary references: ECMS pt 3, 279; Geddes 2017, no VIG025.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
Reference (1964)
NO64SW 3.25 6383 4294
No.25. Fragment. A man hanging to the neck of a horse.
S Cruden 1964
