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| RecordAuthor |
Máirín Mac Carron |
| ISODate |
2002-06-12 |
| Date |
12 June 2002 |
| PictureCredit |
Jane Hawkes |
| County |
Perthshire |
| Townland |
Meigle |
| OSMapRef |
NO 285445 (328500, 744500) |
| Area |
Scotland |
| GeneralContext |
General View of the top half of the back of Meigle no.4, an upright cross slab. |
| Location |
Church of Meigle |
| GeneralContext |
Stone type: Old Red Sandstone |
| Dimensions |
Full slab is 5' by 2'11'' wide and 6'' thick. |
| GeneralDescription |
This shows the top half of the back of Meigle no.4, an upright cross slab. The slab has been broken in two. |
| GeneralDescription |
At the top there is a horseman armed with a sword and spear. To his right there are a pair of serpentine creatures placed
symmetrically, and facing in opposite directions.
|
| GeneralDescription |
Below this there is an elephant, on the left, and below that crescent and V-shaped rod symbols. |
| GeneralDescription |
To the right of the elephant there is a beast biting the end of the tail of a serpent whose body is interlaced with the crest
of ear of the beast.
|
| GeneralDescription |
To the rigth of this there is a second, smaller, horseman armed with a sword, riding behind the first one. |
