Edinburgh, Liberton Tower, Cross
Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Edinburgh, Liberton Tower, Cross
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 51749
Site Number NT26NE 8
NGR NT 265 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/51749
- Council Edinburgh, City Of
- Parish Edinburgh (Edinburgh, City Of)
- Former Region Lothian
- Former District City Of Edinburgh
- Former County Midlothian
Liberton 1, Midlothian, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.76m, W 0.36m, D0.15m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NT 265696
Present location: National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh (X.IB 29)
Evidence for discovery: found re-used in a wall adjoining Liberton Tower in or before 1863 when it was donated to the museum.
Present condition: broken at the top and the foot, worn.
Description
This fragment is carved in relief on three faces. Within a plain flatband border, face A bears the plain shaft of a cross, with interlace flanking its left-hand side and a simple twist of two strands with a median line on the right side. Below the foot of the cross is a panel containing an eight-strand plait. Narrow faces B and D are carved with square key pattern, and face C is unornamented.
Date: ninth century.
References: Stuart 1856, 2, pl 77; ECMS pt 3, 424-5.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NT26NE 8 265 696.
Part of a free-standing cross, sculptured in relief on its front and sides, which was found built into a wall adjoining Liberton Tower (NT 265 696: NT26NE 7) was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1863. It measures 2'6" x 1'1 1/2" x 6" - 7" (Acc No: IB 29).
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; RCAHMS 1929
