Innerleithen cross shaft
The Innerleithen Cross Shank ( English Runic Cross of Innerleithen ) is located next to the Innerleithen Parish Church in Innerleithen , near the A72 and Waverley Road , in the Scottish Borders .
The lower part of a stone block that has been preserved, together with the base in which it originally stood, was found in the foundation of the predecessor church of today's church in 1871, but does not originally come from here and is not a cross slab .
The unparalleled decoration shows, contrary to the English name (unlike the Lancaster runic cross), no runes . It contrasts with other Pictish ornaments on stones and it is unclear what purpose the stone originally served. All four sides have a nested design of small depressions, reminiscent of Bronze Age cup-and-ring markings , surrounded by two concentric circles that are linearly connected by double lines either in pairs or more often with other cup-and-ring markings. Despite the naivety of the design, the carving is well done and the stone is dated to the 9th century and thus the Pict period.
See also
literature
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie: Scotland. An Oxford Archaeological Guide ( Oxford archaeological guides ). Oxford University Press, Oxford 1998, ISBN 0-19-288002-0 , pp. 54-55
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Coordinates: 55 ° 37 '6.2 " N , 3 ° 3' 46.4" W.