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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mahew’s CrossCountry: Scotland County: West Dunbartonshire Type: Standing Stone (Menhir)
Nearest Town: Cardross Nearest Village: Geilston
Map Ref: NS34207863
Latitude: 55.971948N Longitude: 4.658353W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Standing Stone (Menhir) in West Dunbartonshire
St Mahew’s Chapel stands on a parcel of land called Kirkton of Kilmahew about quarter of a mile north of Cardross. Mahew or St Mochta was a prophet and disciple of St Patrick. St Mochta was a pagan Briton and convert to Christianity who died in 535 AD. The top of an ancient standing stone was unearthed during restoration of the chapel in 1955. The stone is inscribed by a crude cross. The ‘Cross of St Mahew’ dates back to the earliest Christian foundation of Kilmahew in the 6th century. The chapel itself dates from the 14th century.
https://www.stmahew.rcglasgow.org.uk/porch/
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