Kildonnan 2 Description of stone
Date 17 August 2016
Event ID 1013269
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013269
Kildonnan 2 (St Donnan), Eigg, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.39m, W 0.28m, D 0.05m
Stone type: 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 surviving carving is in good condition.
Description
This was a rectangular slab of which a lower portion survives, carved with the shaft of an outline cross flanked by steps. The carving is by means of pecked and smoothed grooves.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 93.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
