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A' Chill 1 Description of stone
Event ID 1013248
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013248
A’ Chill 1 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.08m, W 0.51m, D 0.05m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in the burial ground at A’ Chill.
Evidence for discovery: found in re-use as a grave-marker in the burial-ground at A’ Chill. It is likely to have come from the earlier burial ground close to cross no 12.
Present condition: weathered and damaged at the top.
Description
Towards the top of this slab is a deeply incised Latin cross.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
