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A' Chill 5 Description of stone
Event ID 1013252
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013252
A’ Chill 5 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.24m, W 0.13m, D 0.08m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in Canna House.
Evidence for discovery: found 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: water-worn and the base is missing.
Description
This small slab is incised with a Latin cross with a long shaft.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016