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A' Chill 3 Description of stone
Event ID 1013250
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013250
A’ Chill 3 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.16m, W 0.10m, D 0.05m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in Canna House.
Evidence for discovery: found on the shore near Tarbert on the south coast of Canna.
Present condition: weathered and missing its top portion.
Description
This small slab is incised with a Latin cross using wide grooving, but the top of the upper arm is missing.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
