Desciption of stone
Event ID 1010064
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010064
Clach na H-uaighe, Sutherland, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.40m, W 0.69m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NC 9102 2104
Present location: in situ.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in the mid nineteenth century, standing close to the confluence of the Kildonan Burn with the River Helmsdale.
Present condition: some damage to the edges of the slab.
Description
An irregularly shaped upright slab has been carved with a simple linear cross, with broad pecked and smoothed lines. Flaking has obscured the terminals of the arms but there appears to have been a slight expansion.
Date: seventh or eighth century.
References: NSA 1845, vol 15, 147.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
