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Latitude: 56.3585 / 56°21'30"N
Longitude: -3.3989 / 3°23'56"W
OS Eastings: 313662
OS Northings: 719338
OS Grid: NO136193
Mapcode National: GBR 20.3BCW
Mapcode Global: WH6QK.RFNW
Entry Name: Bore Stone of Gask,cross slab,Moncreiffe House
Scheduled Date: 11 November 1964
Last Amended: 29 June 1994
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM1620
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Crosses and carved stones: cross slab
Location: Dunbarney
County: Perth and Kinross
Electoral Ward: Almond and Earn
Traditional County: Perthshire
The monument is a mutilated upright cross-slab of red sandstone.
The stone stands about 2m high and is sculptured on two faces. It was moved in the 19th century to the side of the carriage drive to Moncreiffe House (where it was scheduled) and again, closer to the house, prior to the building of the M90 motorway.
The area to scheduled comprises the stone and an area around it 8m in diameter, as marked in red on the attached map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a very well preserved early Christian carved stone, a rare survival of a significant monument type.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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