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A' Chill 11 Description of stone
Event ID 1013258
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013258
A’ Chill 11 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-incised boulder
Measurements: H 0.32m, W 0.23m, D 0.13m
Stone type: basalt boulder
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in Canna House.
Evidence for discovery: found in a field wall at A’ Chill in 1965.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This irregularly shaped boulder is lightly incised with two small circles, each with a vertical line running downwards from the circle like a shaft. There is also a carved groove on the reverse.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
