Grave slab, Dumbarton Castle, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Stone base of a cross-slab (headstone is lost), detail, sandstone, 13th century, used to cover a grave, with carving depicting scissors or shears, which may represent cutting the thread of life, at Dumbarton Castle, Dumbarton Rock, at Dumbarton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland. The castle site has been occupied and defended since the Iron Age, playing an important role in Scottish history throughout the centuries. The castle was last rebuilt in the 18th century, when the Governor's House, and fortifications were added. Dumbarton Rock is listed as a scheduled ancient monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Artefact Breatainn Dumbarton Dunbartonshire Sandstone Scheduled Scissors Shears Slab Thread

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