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1. St Andrews

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RecordAuthor Máirín Mac Carron
ISODate 2002-06-21
Date 21 June 2002
PictureCredit Jane Hawkes
County Fifeshire
Townland St Andrews
OSMapRef NO 515165 (351500, 716500)
Area Scotland
GeneralContext View of the end panel, on the left side, of the sarcophagus at St Andrews.
Location in the grounds of St Andrews Cathedral (now in the museum at United College).
GeneralContext Stone Type: Sandstone
Dimensions 5'9'' long, 2'11'' wide, and 2'4'' high.
GeneralDescription The sarcophagus at St Andrews is in the shape of a rectangular box.
GeneralDescription This has a cross in the centre of the panel, within a rectangular frame all decorated with a continous piece of ornament.
GeneralDescription The background of the cross consists of four recessed panels, containing at the left hand upper corner, two small figures of men sitting facing each other: at the right hand upper corner, four serpents with their tails forming a raised boss of interlaced-work: at the left hand lower corner, two serpents with their tails forming a raised boss of interlaced work and a triquetra knot: and at the right hand lower corner, a pair of seated figures, in a slightly different attitude to those at the top left panel.
GeneralDescription On the narrow edge of the corner-post on the left there is circular interlaced-work.
GeneralDescription On the narrow edge of the corner-post on the right there is a vertical rwo of L-shaped sinkings on a background of interlaced work.

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