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Fortingall Description of stone
Event ID 1011941
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1011941
Fortingall 9 (Coeti of Iona), Perthshire, recumbent cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.78m, W 0.36m, D 0.03m
Stone type: blue-grey schist
Place of discovery: NN 7416 4701
Present location: lying outside the church to the east of the porch.
Evidence for discovery: found in 2004 by John Borland on the south churchyard wall.
Present condition: broken into three fragments and one corner missing.
Description
The upper surface of this slab is carved with three sunken equal-armed crosses arranged along its long axis.
Date: seventh to ninth century.
References: DES 2004, 104-5; Halliday & Borland 2012.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
