Abernethy Churchyard, Gravestone
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Abernethy Churchyard, Gravestone
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Abernethy No. 7
Canmore ID 27999
Site Number NO11NE 2.03
NGR NO 1897 1643
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/27999
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Abernethy (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Abernethy 7 (?St Bridget), Perthshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.66m, W 0.48m, D 0.12m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 1897 1643
Present location: Abernethy Museum Trust.
Evidence for discovery: found during grave-digging in Abernethy churchyard in 1894. It was later erected in the churchyard and later still placed in the church porch, still intact according to Butler.
Present condition: now broken into two fragments but cross intact.
Description
A simple rectangular slab with a cross carved in high relief. The cross has slightly expanded side-arms and upper arm.
Date: ninth or tenth century
References: Butler 1897, 237, pl 5; Proudfoot 1997, 50-1 (no 6).
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NO11NE 2.03 1897 1643.
A probable headstone sculptured on one face with a raised cross was dug up in Abernethy Churchyard in 1894.
Earl of Southesk 1895; D Butler 1897; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; I Henderson 1987.
This headstone fragment, 0.6m high, now stands at NO 1897 1643.
Visited by OS 4 August 1965.
There is no change to the existing record.
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS), 25 November 1996.
