Kildonnan 1 Description of stone
Date 17 August 2016
Event ID 1013268
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013268
Kildonnan 1 (St Donnan), Eigg, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.39m, W 0.29m, D 0.05m
Stone type: dark grey mica-granulite
Place of discovery: NM 4885 8536
Present location: in St Donnan’s Roman Catholic Church at NM 4741 8853.
Evidence for discovery: found in the ruined church of St Donnan. It appears to have been trimmed and may have been re-used in the fabric of the medieval church. Initially displayed in the porch of The Lodge at Galmisdale, this stone is now in St Donnan’s RC Church.
Present condition: trimmed on three sides but the carving is clear though incomplete.
Description
This was a small tapering slab, grooved by pecking and smoothing with an outline cross with an inner incised cross. There are square pellets in the lower angles between shaft and arms, and at the base of the shaft there is a semi-circular expansion and short incised tang.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 93.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
