Summary

Fake sculptured stone from Camelon, Stirlingshire

Accession Number

X.FX 335

Other references

Original description

CAMELON COLLECTION. Monumental stone carved with figure of Roman horseman in upper panel & in lower a vanquished 'native', 4' 3 1/2" x 1' 6" x 9 1/2". FJH note, July 1999: This stone has been dismissed as a fake on stylistic grounds by competent authorities (see Keppie & Arnold 1984 CSIR I:4, p 65). Conservation work prior to its loan to Falkirk Museum in 1999 confirmed this: cleaning showed that the surface had been deliberately pigmented, which supports its interpretation as a fake. PSAS 36 (1901-2), p. 631.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1902

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Camelon Excavation Committee
King's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor
Agent

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