Scottish Tour Guide's Blog » Clydesdale http://catswhiskerstours.com CatsWhiskersTours provide unique tour experiences tailored to suit you. Call +44 (0) 141 638 5500 Wed, 23 May 2012 20:53:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Viking Hogback Tombstone Dalserf Scotland http://catswhiskerstours.com/2009/03/viking-hogback-tombstone-dalserf-scotland/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=viking-hogback-tombstone-dalserf-scotland http://catswhiskerstours.com/2009/03/viking-hogback-tombstone-dalserf-scotland/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:21:00 +0000 admin http://79.170.44.116/catswhiskerstours.com/?p=716 This morning, I visited the small Clydesdale village of Dalserf. In the snow covered graveyard attached to the 17th C church lies a ‘hogback’ gravestone which indicates a somewhat surprising Viking presence in this area. Hogbacks date from around the 10th century, although the Dalserf specimen may be 11th century. There are other examples in the West of Scotland, e.g. at Govan and Luss.

The hogback stone at Dalserf was discovered buried by a gravedigger in 1897.

Churchyard view

Hogback
Video of church and hogback

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