Meigle
Cross Slab (Pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Meigle
Classification Cross Slab (Pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Meigle Museum; Meigle Stones; Meigle No. 31; Meigle A2
Canmore ID 30862
Site Number NO24SE 25.31
NGR NO 2872 4459
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/30862
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Meigle
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Meigle 31, Perthshire, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.33m, W 0.36m, D 0.11m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 2872 4459
Present location: Meigle Museum.
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard in the twentieth century.
Present condition: broken and the carving is extensively damaged.
Description
This is the upper part of a small cross-slab, which is carved in relief on one broad face only. Within a wide border of interlace is a panel defined by a roll moulding, which contains a relief-carved plain cross with rectangular terminals and circular centre.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: RCAHMS 1994, 102.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
Note (1990)
NO24SE 25.31 2872 4459.
The upper part of a cross-slab (0.33m high by 0.36m broad and 0.11m thick) bears the head of a cross with rounded armpits carved in relief; the broad border of the slab has been decorated with interlace. Information from RCAHMS (JNGR) 1990.
