Kirklands House
Cross (Anglian), Grave Slab (Medieval)
Site Name Kirklands House
Classification Cross (Anglian), Grave Slab (Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kirkland; Hoddom Manse; Luce
Canmore ID 85860
Site Number NY17SE 61
NGR NY 188 722
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/85860
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Hoddom
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Annandale And Eskdale
- Former County Dumfries-shire
Kirklands House, Dumfriesshire, carved fragment
Measurements: H 145mm, W 175mm
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NY 1887 7229
Present location: built into an outhouse in the grounds of Kirklands House.
Evidence for discovery: found by RCAHMS during fieldwork in August 1993, built into a woodshed.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This fragment is carved with parts of two panels divided by a plain roll moulding. The larger panel contains multiple-strand interlace with a diagonal strand.
Date: ninth century
References: RCAHMS 1997, no 1754, 254.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.
Field Visit (24 August 1993)
Incorporated in fabric within the policies of Kirklands House (formerly Hoddom Manse: NY17SE 73), there are two sculptured stones:
NY17SE 61.01 1887 7229 A fragment of Anglian interlace.
NY17SE 61.02 1883 7228 Part of a slab bearing the incised outline of a halberd.
Visited by RCAHMS (IMS, PC), 24 August 1993.
Listed as Kirklands, Anglian sculptured stone and medieval graveslab, probably from Luce (NY17SE 6).
RCAHMS 1997.
