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Bourtie Parish Church, Cross-incised Stone
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Bourtie Parish Church, Cross-incised Stone
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kirktown Of Bourtie; Kirkton Of Bourtie
Canmore ID 116665
Site Number NJ82SW 5.01
NGR NJ 8045 2485
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/116665
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Bourtie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Kirkton of Bourtie 2, Aberdeenshire, cross-incised stone (consecration cross?)
Measurements: H 0.71m, W 0.38m
Stone type: granite
Place of discovery: NJ 8045 2485
Present location: built into the coping of the south wall of the kirkyard.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1991.
Present condition: good.
Description
The slab is incised with a linear cross on a sunken triangular base, with lines radiating out from close to the angles of the cross.
Date: uncertain.
References: DES 1991, 31.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
NJ82SW 5.01 8045 2485
Not to be confused with Pictish symbol stone NJ82SW 4, or with cross-incised stone (NJ82SW 177) built into farm building at NJ 8038 2483.
(Location cited as NJ 804 248). Built into the coping of the south kirkyard wall is a rectangular slab of coarse-grained granite, 71cm by 37.5cm, incised in the middle with a cross flanked by four diagonal rays.
Sponsor: Pictish Arts Society.
N M Robertson 1991.
