Govan Old Church is home to the Govan Stones museum, which contains one of the finest collections of early medieval and Viking-age sculpture in Europe. A collection of over 30 sculptures produced by the Viking-age Kingdom of Strathclyde, a lost kingdom of Old Welsh-speaking Britons who dominated the Clyde valley from the 5th - 11th centuries AD.
The Govan Sarcophagus is thought to commemorate St. Constantine, the son of Pictish king Kenneth MacAlpin, who was killed by the Vikings in the 870’s A.D. It features carvings of a Pictish-style stag hunting scene and various stylised animals. Carved from solid sandstone, the sarcophagus is the only one of its kind from pre-Norman, Northern Britain. The sarcophagus was discovered in the graveyard in 1855 when a grave was being dug to the south east of the church.
This model, like the others from Govan Old, was not particularly successful due to the space constrictions for taking decent photos and the harsh spotlightling.
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