Cross Shaft, Kirkconnel
Anglo-Scandinavian cross shaft from St. Connels, with interlace
panels, of 9th to 10th century date. This is the lower part of the
shaft, as seen by the unworked base to the left, which would have
fitted into a stone socket.
This was found at the old church of St Connel during restoration
work in 2005-6. St Connel's has the largest collection of carved
stones in the region outside of the major monasteries of Whithorn
and Hoddom, indicating the importance of this site, on the border
between Nithsdale and Strathclyde, for a number of centuries.
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