Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 3 Description of stone
Event ID 1013267
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013267
Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 3, Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragments
Measurements: H 0.38m, W 0.35m, 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
These two conjoining fragments form the top left and central portion of a rectangular cross-slab. It is incised on one broad face with the upper arm and ring segments of a ringed outline cross.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 101.
