Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 1 Description of stone

Event ID 1013262

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 1, Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment

Measurements: H 0.25m, W 0.13m, D 0.04m

Stone type: Torridonian sandstone

Place of discovery: NG 2299 0439

Present location: Canna House.

Evidence for discovery: found during RCAHMS fieldwork in 1993-4, in the ruins of a stone-built hut.

Present condition: broken and weathered.

Description

This fragment represents the central portion of a small cross-slab carved in relief with a cross with curved armpits and a central hollow.

Date range: eighth or ninth century.

Primary references: Fisher 2001, 101.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016