Dundee's Medieval Carved Stones

  • The Stones
    • Fish Scales and Sword Stone
    • Ionnes’ Stone
    • Rosette and Shield Stone
    • Geometric Cross Stone
    • The Ship Stone
    • Wool Shears Stone
    • Matilda’s Stone
    • Lady’s Head Stone
  • Project Diary
  • Learn about the project
    • About the project
    • 3D Laser Scanning
    • Get Involved
    • Contribute
    • Discuss
  • Booklet

Adding a New Dimension to Dundee’s Medieval Carved Stones

L&C Dundee

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  • Studying the Carvings
  • The Stones
About the project
About the project
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Background to the Stones

Learn more about the background to the stones…

Background to the Stones
Geometric Cross Stone

Sadly, this stone has now broken in two, but it bears enigmatic symbols…

Geometric Cross Stone
Rosette and Shield Stone

This stone is decorated with a cross, rosette and shield…

Rosette and Shield Stone
Ionnes’ Stone

Inscribed, ‘Here lies John, son of Philip Taylor’…

Ionnes’ Stone
The Ship Stone

The largest stone, bearing the image of a small ship with a single mast…

The Ship Stone
Wool Shears Stone

Featuring a pair of wool shears… symbolising a life cut short?

Wool Shears Stone
Lady’s Head Stone

Featuring a lady’s head carved in high relief…

Lady’s Head Stone
Matilda’s Stone

This stone bears the inscription, ‘Pray for the soul of Matilda…’

Matilda’s Stone
3D Laser Scanning

The medieval carved stones will be recorded using 3D laser scanning…

3D Laser Scanning
Fish Scales and Sword Stone

The Fish Scales and Sword stone is intricately carved with a design similar to scales of a fish….

Fish Scales and Sword Stone

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ADDING A NEW DIMENSION TO DUNDEE’S MEDIEVAL CARVED STONES

The McManus Art Gallery and Museum in Dundee has had eight large and finely carved stone sarcophagus lids in its posession for many years. The coffin lids represent some of the finest examples of such carvings from the middle ages and offer us a glimpse of high status burial in the medieval period in Scotland. Thanks to support from the Heritage Lottery Fund, some of Dundee’s treasures are coming out of storage for the first time in generations.

Stones

(C) The McManus & AOC Archaeology Group