Amongst the fragmentary medieval graveslabs at Currie Parish Church, City of Edinburgh, are two headstone crosses. Unlike the other stones, which would have been recumbent, these would have been set upright, marking the head, and sometimes the foot of a grave. The rough lower half of the slab would have been set into the earth. It is also possible, that these stones would have been used in association with a recumbent coped stone - the latter covering the grave, the headstone crosses set against the two ends, as at Old Sarum. The date of the stone is uncertain, but it is likely to be of the 12th century. The expanded arm cross carved in false relief is frequent on stones of this class, and can also be seen on examples in Dumfriesshire. More unusual is its finely incised linear decoration. The small hole in the centre of the cross is presumably a relic of the mason’s preparatory laying out of the design. 3D asset generated with photogrammetry software 3DF Zephyr v6.010 processing 66 images
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