Meigle
Cross Slab (Pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Meigle
Classification Cross Slab (Pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Meigle Stones; Meigle No. 18
Canmore ID 30847
Site Number NO24SE 25.18
NGR NO 2872 4459
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30847
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Meigle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Meigle 18, Perthshire, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.18m, W 0.21m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 2877 4439
Present location: lost.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by Stuart around 1850 built into the exterior face of the west-facing churchyard wall.
Present condition: unknown.
Description
As drawn by Stuart, this appears to have been part of the left-hand side of a cross-slab, which expanded at the level of the cross-arms to allow an oval boss enclosed by roll-moulding. The surviving left-hand arm had a rectangular terminal and was filled with interlace within a roll-moulded border.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: Stuart 1856, 39, pl 127.14; ECMS pt 3, 335.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
NO24SE 25.18 2872 4459.
Meigle No.18 was a part of the left side of an upright cross-slab of sandstone 7 inches high by 8 1/2 inches wide, sculptured in relief on one face thus-
Front- The left arm of the cross ornamented with interlaced-work No.6 07.
This stone was built into the walls of the old church at Meigle and is now lost. There is a cast of it in the NMAS, Edinburgh.
J R Allen & J Anderson 1903; J Stuart 1856
Note (1990)
Stuart considered that this fragment, now lost, which was in the same part of the wall as NO24SE 25.17, and appeared to be of comparable proportions and petrology, was probably part of the same cross-slab. Measuring some 0.2m by 0.18m, it bore the left arm of a cross which had a central motif and rounded armpits, and was infilled with interlace. The zoomorphic border of the slab, not present on NO24SE 25.17, was clearly indicated.
Information from RCAHMS (JNGR) 1990. J Stuart 1856.
