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Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 1 Description of stone
Event ID 1013262
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013262
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
