Front of a cross slab

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This is the front of a Pictish cross slab, carved in the 9th century. For many years the slab was built into a window opening of an old ruined church at Invergowrie in Perthshire.

The front of the slab has a ringed cross filled with interlace, and four panels of key pattern in the corners. The top edge is decorated with key pattern and the sides with interlace.

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• Online ID: 000-100-043-525-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: National Museums Scotland
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IB 251
• Date: 9th century
  Late 9th century
  
• Material: Sandstone; sculptured on the front
  Cross slab
  
• Dimensions: 1300 mm H x 140 mm L x 550 mm W (Height includes plinth)
  
• What: Cross slab
  
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• Where: Scotland, Angus, Invergowrie Church
  
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• Description: Pictish cross slab of sandstone decorated with a ringed cross on the front, and three figures on the reverse, from Invergowrie Church, Angus, late 9th century
  
• References:
  • Close-Brooks, J. & Stevenson, R.B.K. Dark Age Sculpture. Edinburgh: HMSO, 1982 
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