Description of stone

Event ID 1010141

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010141

Strathnaver, The Red Priest’s Stone (St Maelrubha), Sutherland, cross-slab

Measurements: H 0.70m, W 0.30m, D 0.30m

Stone type: granite

Place of discovery: NC 7147 4722

Present location: in situ.

Evidence for discovery: recorded for ECMS around 1900.

Present condition: top right corner damaged but carving good.

Description

The north face of the slab bears a roughly pecked outline cross, with a round-topped upper arm, expanded side arms and an open ended shaft.

Date: eighth to tenth century.

References: ECMS pt 3, 55.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016