Canmore Site 77190: EASTER BALLINDEAN - INCHTURE - CARVED STONE HEAD(S) (STONE)(MEDIEVAL)


Description

Site NameEASTER BALLINDEAN
Other Name(s)n/a
Site NumberNO22NE 38
Broad ClassUNASSIGNED (OBJECT)
Site Type(s)CARVED STONE HEAD(S) (STONE)(MEDIEVAL)
NGRNO 2660 2965
NGR accuracyNGR given to the nearest 10m
Local AuthorityPERTH AND KINROSS
ParishINCHTURE
Record created1994-01-12
Last updated2000-08-31

Archaeology Notes

NO22NE 38 2660 2965. Two medieval carved stone heads of crowned kings were found by Walter Campbell of Ballindean House in a ploughed field in the 1960s. One head was sold to a Glasgow dealer, the other has recently come to light. The surviving head probably decorated a right-hand door-jamb or archway, with the face turned in at an angle of 45 degrees from the plane of the jamb. The circular cross-section of the neck suggests that the head rested on a moulding 105mm in diameter protruding from the door-jamb. The head has been roughly removed from the original building, and half of the geometrically decorated crown has been lost. The king's wavy hair-style may suggest a 15th century date. No church or chapel is recorded on this site, but the heads may have been a pair salvaged from an important ecclesiastical building with royal connections in the vicinity, possibly Scone Abbey. Donated to Perth Museum and Art Gallery. Acc No 1992.617. M D King 1992.

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