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Latitude: 55.4144 / 55°24'51"N
Longitude: -4.6361 / 4°38'9"W
OS Eastings: 233231
OS Northings: 616548
OS Grid: NS332165
Mapcode National: GBR 49.0SZQ
Mapcode Global: WH2Q2.R5KL
Entry Name: Wallace's Stone,cross-incised stone
Scheduled Date: 14 October 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5786
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Crosses and carved stones: cross-incised stone
Location: Maybole
County: South Ayrshire
Electoral Ward: Maybole, North Carrick and Coylton
Traditional County: Ayrshire
The monument comprises a cross-incised boulder which is set within a walled enclosure on the S side of a track 180m NW of Blairston Mains.
The irregular boulder (1.8m long, up to 1m broad and 0.6m thick) has been removed from its former position 30m to the SE and may originally have been standing. One face bears a cross in false relief, set slightly off centre with arms of uniform length, expanding terminals and tapering shaft which drops from the centre of the head. The form of the cross suggests a tenth to twelfth century date.
The area to be scheduled measures 1.8m by 1m to include the stone
only, as marked in red on the attached map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because it is a rare example of an early Medieval carving in SW Scotland, possibly re-utilising a prehistoric standing stone (a rare practice). The monument has the potential to provide information about early Medieval art history and religious belief.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as NS31NW 16.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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