Monifieth
Cross (10th Century)
Site Name Monifieth
Classification Cross (10th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Monifieth, St Regulus' Church
Canmore ID 33412
Site Number NO43SE 25.05
NGR NO 4953 3235
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/33412
- Council Angus
- Parish Monifieth (Angus)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District City Of Dundee
- Former County Angus
Monifieth 5 (St Regulus), Angus, cross-shaft fragment
Measurements: H 0.53m, W 0.11m to 0.23m, D 0.13m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 495 323
Present location: National Museums Scotland
Evidence for discovery: found re-used at the foot of the kirkyard wall in 1928 and given to NMAS.
Present condition: very worn and damaged.
Description
This fragment represents the top of the shaft of a very slender cross edged by roll moulding. It is carved in relief on face A with the lower part of a crucifixion scene, with Christ from the waist down dressed in a knee-length tunic and a human figure on either side. Beneath the cross is a panel of very badly worn interlace. On face C there are traces of ornament within a roll moulding frame. On narrow face D is what appears to be an ogham inscription on a wavy stemline, but this may not be original.
Date range: tenth century.
Primary references: PSAS 62 (1927-8), 226.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018.
External Reference (1980)
NO43SE 25.5 4953 3235
No. 5 This fragment measures 0.5m x 0.21m x 0.09m. One face bears two small figures standing between an incomplete larger one, broken at the waist. The other face has a series of scored lines and pock-marks, suggesting former decoration; and one side has the remains of interlacing(?). In the RMS(NMAS) Acc.no. IB 210 {no information on provenance or date of discovery given}.
Information from R Jones 1980.
