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St Vigeans
Carved Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name St Vigeans
Classification Carved Stone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 35579
Site Number NO64SW 3.27
NGR NO 6383 4294
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35579
- Council Angus
- Parish Arbroath And St Vigeans
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
St Vigeans 27 (St Vigianus), Angus, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.12m, W 0.14m, D 0.8m
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: the base of the rounded spiral is broken and the reverse face is damaged.
Description
Possibly a finial from an item of stone furniture, this fragment consists of a rounded spiral.
Date range: early medieval.
Primary references: ECMS pt 3, 280; Geddes 2017, no VIG027.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
Reference (1964)
NO64SW 3.27 6383 4294
No.27. Small semicircular fragment with a single spiral.
S Cruden 1964
