More information : SW 551313. A 4 ft 2 inches high stone stands in the
churchyard of St Hilary`s Church, close to the south entrance
gate on the west side of the path.
Baird suggests that the stone might be a badly mutilated wheel-
head and shaft, or a cross slab. He notes that there are traces
of a cross in relief on the front, but he could not see the
back.
Henderson suggests that it was probably a lych stone, or the
lid of a stone coffin-owing to its thickness.
Nothing is known of its history. (1-2)
The stone, which stands at SW 5503 3127, is 1.3 metres high,
0.4 metres wide and 0.15 metres thick. It has a latin cross in
relief which continues down its whole length on one face, and
nothing on the visible part of the reverse face.
It is probably either a cross slab or a stone coffin lid. (3)
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