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Menmuir Parish Church, Sculptured Stone And Cross-slab
Carved Stone (Early Medieval), Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Menmuir Parish Church, Sculptured Stone And Cross-slab
Classification Carved Stone (Early Medieval), Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Menmuir, Nos. 4 And 5
Canmore ID 35135
Site Number NO56SW 3.04
NGR NO 5342 6436
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/35135
- Council Angus
- Parish Menmuir
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Menmuir 4 (St Aidan), Angus, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.35m, W 0.41m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 5343 6436
Present location: Meffan Museum, Forfar
Evidence for discovery: found in 1943 in the manse garden beside the kirkyard.
Present condition: worn and broken.
Description:
The central portion of a cross-slab, this fragment is carved in relief only on face A. The slab is edged with a roll moulding, and the cross has curved arms and rounded armpits above its centre but below there are straight edges to the side-arms, which meet the shaft at right angles. The arms and centre appear to have been plain, whereas the shaft is carved with interlace.
Date range: ninth or tenth century.
Primary references: Stevenson 1959
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
Menmuir 5 (St Aidan), Angus, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.28m, W 0.30m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 5343 6436
Present location: Meffan Museum, Forfar
Evidence for discovery: found in 1943 in the manse garden beside the kirkyard.
Present condition: broken.
Description:
This slab bore a simple incised linear cross with small circular and sunken armpits.
Date range: eighth to ninth century.
Primary references: Stevenson 1959
Desk-based nformation compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
Reference (1961)
NO56SW 3.04 5342 6436
Nos. 4 and 5 There were dug up in 1943 in the manse garden at Menmuir, two sculptured fragments that are now kept on a staircase window-ledge in the church. One is quite enigmatic. Another is an irregular block of red sandstone about a foot square, with one flat side on which a cross with cusped armpits has been carved in 'false relief'; part of one arm is missing as the end of the stone is broken.
R B K Stevenson 1961.
Reference (1995)
NO 534 643 The five Early Christian cross slabs found at this site were all removed following the closure of the church. They have been put on display in the Meffan Institute, Forfar.
The fragment discovered in 1987 was re-examined and does not bear worn interlace. The pitted surface most closely resembles the 'fire-making stone' from Carlungie Souterrain.
N Atkinson 1995.
Note
NO56SW 3.01 5342 6436 Cross-slab (no. 1)
NO56SW 3.02 5342 6436 Sculptured stone (no. 2)
NO56SW 3.03 5342 6436 Cross-slab (no. 3)
NO56SW 3.04 5342 6436 Sculptured stone and Cross-slab (nos. 4 and 5)
NO56SW 3.05 5342 6436 Cross-slab (no. 6)
