Showing in south face of pillar. See no. 1.

Raine (1852) records that about eighteen fragments of sculpture found by Mr. Gilly in 1833 in investigating foundations of building in churchyard a few paces from east end of present church. Fragments built up into pillar by time of note in (-) 1869-79c, and possibly before Stuart (1867), whose plates show only faces now visible [1]. Pillar originally in churchyard: Allen and Browne 1885, 351; (-) 1889-90d, 243; Tomlinson 1891, 551. Removed indoors c. 1891: (-) 1891-2b, 49-54; Hodges 1893, 85. Very few fragments described before Stuart.

St Cuthbert

Slightly worn

7a and 7b are two pieces of one cross-shaft, edged by a single roll moulding. Only one carved face is visible.

A (broad): Three registers of encircled pattern c or ring-knots, two on 7a and one on 7b.

Such encircled patterns are common in Pictish art and occur on this large scale in `Anglian' centres in southern Scotland such as Morham, East Lothian (Adcock 1974, 194-6, pl. 73A). It seems therefore that this shaft reflects the heavy bold style which is found in the border territories in the Viking age.

Tenth century

Stuart 1867, 20-1, pl. xxvii, 10-11; Adcock 1974, 196, pl. 73B; Cramp 1978a, 13, pl. 1, 10

1. Those faces which are cemented into the pillar cannot be described but some descriptions can be based on earlier illustrations