Glasgow
Govan Old Parish Church
Home of Medieval Stones
866 Govan Road
Glasgow, G51 3DL
Phone: +44 141 440 2466
This church, also known as St Constantine's, has a superb collection of early medieval stones and local tradition has it that a monastery was started here as early as the 6th century. Robert Rowand Anderson's 1833 plans took 50 years to complete and the Church of Scotland owned building is an eye-catching feature of the area. The stones are considered to be products of the 9th, 10th, and early 11th centuries. The "hogback" stones, carved with beasts, had been used as grave markers and measure 7ft in height. Their style may be Viking or Cumbrian but they were carved in local stone. The "Govan Sarcophagus" was found in the graveyard in 1855 and probably dates from the 10th century.
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