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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

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