Alternative Names Paisley Abbey
Site type CROSS
Canmore ID 43098
Site Number NS46NW 1
NGR NS 4058 6937
Council RENFREWSHIRE
Parish HOUSTON
Former Region STRATHCLYDE
Former District RENFREW
Former County RENFREWSHIRE

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Archaeological Notes

NS46NW 1 4058 6937 removed to 4855 6395

See also NS46SE 2.04.

This cross has been moved from Barochan and, after conservation, re- erected in Paisley Abbey (NS46SE 2.04). It has been moved on at least one previous occasion, being first recorded standing a little to the S of Mill of Barochan (NS 404 698) from whence it was removed in the late 19th century to the top of a prominent knoll opposite Corsliehill. It is an erect standing sandstone cross which rises to a height of 3.4m, the lower 0.9m of which would normally be buried. Interlace forms the principal decorative motif with, on the front and rear faces, panels of human and animal sculpture. The cross cannot be dated accurately but is probably early in the Strathclyde series of sculptured stones and may be as early as the 8th century.
J Stuart 1856; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; E W MacKie 1975; N Reynolds 1979; J B Stevenson 1985.

Allen and Anderson, J R and J (1903) The early Christian monuments of Scotland: a classified illustrated descriptive list of the monuments with an analysis of their symbolism and ornamentation, Edinburgh
Page(s): 456-7 Held at RCAHMS G.1.11.ALL

MacKie, E W (1975a) Scotland: an archaeological guide: from the earliest times to the twelfth century, London
Page(s): 110 Held at RCAHMS E.2.MAC

Millar, A H (1889) The castles and mansions of Renfrewshire and Buteshire: illustrated in sixty-five views with historical and descriptive accounts. unpaginated Glasgow
Page(s): Plate 3E Held at RCAHMS D.11.61.MIL.R

Ordnance Survey (Name Book) Object Name Books of the Ordnance Survey (6 inch and 1/2500 scale)
Page(s): Book No.10, 21-2 Held at RCAHMS Ref

Reynolds, N (1979) 'Review article: Lloyd and Jennifer Laing: a guide to the Dark Age remains in Britain', Antiquity, vol.53
Page(s): 242

Stevenson, J B (1985b) Exploring Scotland's heritage: the Clyde estuary and Central Region, Exploring Scotland's heritage series Edinburgh
Page(s): 104, 106, no.63 Held at RCAHMS A.1.4.HER

Stevenson, J B (1995) Glasgow, Clydeside and Stirling, Exploring Scotland's Heritage series, ed. by Anna Ritchie Edinburgh
Page(s): (no. 65), 115, 122, 123 Held at RCAHMS A.1.4.HER

Stuart, J (1856a) Sculptured stones of Scotland,, vol.1 Aberdeen
Page(s): 35 pls. 115, 116 Held at RCAHMS D.4.L