Finlaggan Castle, Islay. View of West Highland Stone. KE 2.
AG 7049
Description Finlaggan Castle, Islay. View of West Highland Stone. KE 2.
Date 1976
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number AG 7049
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 427380
Scope and Content Detail of West Highland grave-slab in the chapel of Finlaggan Castle, Islay, Argyll and Bute Loch Finlaggan lies c.1.5km north-west of Ballygrant on Islay. The remains of a castle and associated buildings occupy two small islands at the north-east end of the loch: Eilean Mór, meaning 'great isle'; and Eilean na Comhairle, meaning 'council isle'. On the north-east side of Eilean Mór lies the remains of a late medieval chapel and burial-ground. Within the chapel, a number of medieval grave-slabs still survive in situ. This tapered slab was carved in the 14th century at the Iona school of stone carving, probably for a child's grave. At the top is a foliated cross rising from a foliated base. On the right is a sword, and on the left is a double plant-scroll. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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