Gaut's Cross Slab (Manx Cross 101)

3D Model

One of the most well-known of the Manx crosses, famous for its sculptor, Gaut, it shows the treatment of the head characteristic of him and perhaps his workshop.

One face shows the ring-chain design on the shaft which has often been ascribed to Gaut. To the left is a plait-of-four, and to the right the tendril pattern also linked with Gaut. Runes above the head of the cross translate, ‘Gaut carved this and all in Man.’ Gaut has often been credited as a leading local carver whose supposedly signature style has been identified on a number of other Manx monuments.

A runic inscription runs up one edge possibly reading, ‘Mael Brigde, son of Athakan the smith erected this cross for his own soul (and that of) his brother’s wife’.

Early Medieval

Found Kirk Michael Church, Michael, Michael, Isle of Man

iMuseum (Manx National Heritage)

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