BGCP_32 Balquhidder graveyard

3D Model

Balquhidder Churchyard (Canmore ID 80644), grave slab 17 m SE of SW corner of Old Kirk (SM5588): site co-ordinates: 31.30/10.80.

Grave slab 1.75 m long (W–E), and up to 0.60 m wide at its slightly rounded W end, narrowing to 0.29 m at the slightly angled E end. It has a straight N side, but a sightly convex S side which has damage near its SE corner where a large flake has been lost. There is a split running SE–NW near its E end, but this appears to have occurred after being laid. The slab slopes approximately 5° toward the SE.

The slab bears a carved Roman cross, 0.55 m long and 0.35 m wide, in raised relief, just W of centre. Its arms and stem average 0.07 m wide, but are of variable length – top 0.16 m; right 0.14 m; left 0.13 m; and stem 0.33 m. The stem has been damaged and lost part of its length. Just above and to the left of the cross are the slightly angled incised letters I S. There are also 3 short score marks on the slab’s N edge towards its W end.