Druian's Cross Slab (Manx Cross 118)

3D Model

This cross was discovered during demolition in the masonry of the old parish church in 1869. One face has a plait-of-five on the shaft, with a double twist-and-ring interlace which on the panel to the left developed into a key-fret patter; the panel to the right bears an unusual knot formed from the link-twist pattern, amongst which is a four-legged beast with a crested head and a straight thick tail.

The other face bears a cross shaft decorated with ring-chain, with a developed form of link-twist to the left, and tendril pattern to the right.

The edge bears an incomplete inscription in runes translated as ‘Druian son of Dugald raised this cross to the memory of Cathmaoill his wife’.

Early Medieval

Found Bride Churchyard, Bride, Ayre, Isle of Man

iMuseum (Manx National Heritage)

Cross was scanned in situ with the result that some surfaces could not be captured or photographed.