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Description of stone
Event ID 1009748
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009748
Reay 3, Caithness, cruciform stone
Measurements: H 1.3m, W 0.58m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NC 9590 6455
Present location: beside the road in New Reay village.
Evidence for discovery: formerly it stood near Reay parish church and is traditionally known as the market cross. Another local tradition derives it from Crosskirk.
Present condition: the upper arm is missing.
Description
This cruciform stone has a cylindrical shaft and rounded arms but no ornament.
Date range: eleventh century or later.
References: RCAHMS 1911, no 408; Blackie & Macaulay 1998: no 29.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
