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St Andrews Cathedral, Museum

Cross Slab (Early Medieval)(Possible)

Site Name St Andrews Cathedral, Museum

Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)(Possible)

Alternative Name(s) St Andrews 26

Canmore ID 319350

Site Number NO51NW 23.26

NGR NO 5142 1662

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Fife
  • Parish St Andrews And St Leonards
  • Former Region Fife
  • Former District North East Fife
  • Former County Fife

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Reference (1903)

St Andrews Nos. 19 to 26 are still imbedded in the west wall of the Cathedral as shown and as only the edges are visible, they cannot be completely described. No. 19 appears to be the shaft of a great cross, and the other stones may be either cross-slabs or cross-shafts. The dimensions of the exposed faces of the monuments are as follows:-

No. 19, 7 feet 11 inches by 11 inches

" 20, 11 " " 4 1/2 "

" 21, 1 foot, 11 " " 4 "

" 22, 1 " 7 " " 6 "

" 23, 1 " 9 " " 4 "

" 24, 2 feet " 4 "

" 25, 2 " " 4 "

" 26, 2 " 6 " " 6 "

As to ornament, No.19 is decorated with scroll foliage; No. 20, with diagonal key-pattern, double-beaded; Nos. 21, 23, 24, 25, and 26, with diagonal key-pattern; and No.22 with a plain panel.

J R Allen and J Anderson 1903

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