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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dogton - Class III Pictish Cross Slab in Scotland in Fife

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Dogton Alternative Name: Dogton Stone; Dogton Stone Cross Shaft;
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.732 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Fife Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Nearest Town: Glenrothes  Nearest Village: Cluny
Map Ref: NT2360996863  Landranger Map Number: 58
Latitude: 56.158298N  Longitude: 3.231464W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Anne T visited on 1st Nov 2018 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 The Dogton Cross: With the clocks having gone back an hour on the Sunday before, it was difficult to correctly judge how fast dusk would fall. It was getting a little dark, but whilst we were here, we really wanted to see this stone. With the roads busy at this time of night, we managed to park just off the road at the entrance to the track leading up to Kinglassie House, just off the B922 and set off up the footpath to find this cross. The gate into the field the stone was in was an amalgamation of several gates tied together, so it was easier just to step over the tumbled stones by the gate post. Fortunately the field the stone was in had just been harvested, so we walked up through the corn stubble, just as dusk was setting in. I photographed each face of the cross by leaning over the railings, or poking the camera through the railings, then stitched them together. The sign on the railings reads: “Dogton Stone. This stone is a free-standing Celtic cross probably 10th century AD. The top and arms of the cross have been destroyed, but the centre boss is still visible on the east face. A horseman is carved below it and there are entwined serpentine animals on the south face. Cared for by Historic Scotland.” When I got back home and looked at the Canmore records, I was surprised to see the cross and its railings had been, in the not too distant past (photo dated 1927), incorporated into a dry stone wall, no longer there.

Dogton
Dogton submitted by cosmic : Dogton from East (Vote or comment on this photo)
Class III Pictish Cross Slab in Fife

For details, visit: Canmore ID 52892 which records in their 1933 archaeological notes: "At Dogton is a much mutilated free-standing cross, erect on its ancient base, and known as the 'Dogton Stone'. The cross, which reaches a height of 4ft 10ins stands on a base measuring 3 1/2 by 2 1/2 by 1 1/4 feet. It is sculptured on its four sides, but the design and ornmanentation are much defaced by mineral stains and weathering except on the south side. The top portion is badly mutilated and the arms are missing. It is set with its main axis almost due north and south, and its broad faces measure 1 foot 8 inches in width."

Dated as 8th to 10th century, they add: "Faces A and D are very defaced. On face C the head had a central boss and at the top of the shaft there are traces of a horseman with a spear. Face B bears a panel with two biting serpents knotted together."
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Dogton submitted by cosmic : Dogton Sign (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dogton submitted by Anne T : The southern face of the cross shaft, with its intertwined, biting, serpents. At the top right, the remains of the central boss protrude visibly. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dogton submitted by Anne T : Looking east across the cross back towards the B922. In daylight, this cross would have been very visible, as it stands over half way up a hill. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dogton submitted by Anne T : Looking over the railings at the base of this 10th century cross. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dogton submitted by Anne T : The remains of the Dogton Cross in its railed enclosure, looking west, almost directly into the setting sun. I was surprised to find a photo on Canmore from 1927 which showed the cross and its railed enclosure incorporated into an old dry stone wall, now no longer there. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dogton submitted by Anne T : This is a stitch of the western face of the cross. The designs here are badly weathered, mainly interlacing. The cross has considerably less moss on it than when cosmic visited in 2006.

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Dogton submitted by Anne T : A stitch of the east face of the Dogton Cross, a little overexposed as the setting sun was just behind the stone and very bright. Canmore tells us this face (face C) has: "the head had a central boss and at the top of the shaft there are traces of a horseman with a spear". The central boss protrudes from the cross, perhaps easier to see in one of the profile photos.

Dogton
Dogton submitted by cosmic : West side

Dogton
Dogton submitted by cosmic : East side close-up

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Dogton by cosmic on Wednesday, 15 February 2006
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This five foot tall stone is somewhat defaced but is apparently in its original site, now protected by a metal fence.
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