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Reference Number: SSC/14
Name: St. John's Chapel Description: Cross-incised Slab Present Location:
Other Documentation: PSAS lvi p66
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Reference Number: SSC/14
Name: St. John's Chapel Description: Cross-incised Slab Present Location:
Other Documentation: PSAS lvi p66
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| Notes: In the summer of 1919, John Nicolson carried out excavations on the site of a ruined chapel about a mile east of the Castle of Mey. Inside of a doorway in the western side of the building he found a slab-lined grave, two of the slabs bearing evidence of sculpture. This stone was found at the end of the grave, and shows a plain incised cross, with semicircular hollows in the angles and tapering ends on the base and arms, all enclosed within a rectangular panel. The other slab was a fragment measuring 1 foot 8 inches across at its widest, and showed an oblong panel bordered by two parallel lines. The circumstances in which these finds were made suggests that the stones were being re-used, but it is difficult to date them with any real confidence. |
