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Whithorn, Bruce Street, Museum
Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse)
Site Name Whithorn, Bruce Street, Museum
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse)
Canmore ID 121890
Site Number NX44SW 56.10
NGR NX 4449 4028
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/121890
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Whithorn
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX44SW 56.10 4449 4028
(10) Small headstone of the Whithorn School, found built into the back of a house in the High Street.
On the front is a plain cross with a small central boss and expanded arms; the shaft is filled with badly designed interlace with pellets among the strands, which have a central groove. On the back is a similar cross, also with interlace and pellets on the shaft. The top and one edge have a continuous T pattern. On the other edge is a mutilated inscription in Anglian runes. This may be restored:
(BECUN DON) FERTHS
(The monument (or cross) of Donferth.)
The monument served as a headstone to the grave of Donferth; it dates from the late 10th or 11th century.
Radford and Donaldson 1953b, 41.
