Dull 14 Description of stone

Event ID 1012841

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Dull 14 (St Adomnan), Perthshire, stone font

Measurements: L 1.09m, W 1.03m, H 0.34m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NN 80629 49165

Present location: at the south-west exterior corner of Dull church.

Evidence for discovery:

Present condition: battered and weathered.

Description

This very substantial boulder has been shaped into a rough heptagonal shape, and a large oval hollow has been carved into its upper surface.

Date: early medieval.

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Compiled by A Ritchie 2016