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West Lomond
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name West Lomond
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Balharvie Moss
Canmore ID 73811
Site Number NO20NW 79
NGR NO 2137 0696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/73811
- Council Fife
- Parish Falkland
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
West Lomond, Balharvie Moss, Fife, cross-incised boulder
Measurements: H 1.26m above ground, W 2.40m at base, D 1.60m at base
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NO 2137 0696
Present location: in situ above the Lomond escarpment, with wide views over the Tay valley to the north. It stands some 200m north of the track between the carpark at the head of Maspie Den and West Lomond Hill.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1992.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
Incised on the north-east face of a large triangular boulder is an outlined equal-armed cross with expanded wedge-shaped arms and rounded terminals, which measures 0.23m across the span of the arms. At the apex of this triangular face, some 0.35m above the cross, is an incised fish with open-ended tail and pitted eye, 0.27m long and 0.10m in maximum width, the style of which suggests that it is probably a later addition.
Date: seventh to ninth century and later.
References: DES 1992, 32.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Field Visit (1992)
NO20NW 79 2137 0696.
A large natural boulder partially dressed on N side, with a fish and cross symbols incised. The fish is a very simple figure cut into middle of the top part of the rock, approximately 15cm in length. The Celtic cross is equal armed with a lightly cut circle, about 20cm wide, located in the middle of the lower part of the rock. Photographed by Tom Gray. Sponsor: Fife Regional Council.
P Yeoman 1992.
