Kildonnan 3 Description of stone
Date 17 August 2016
Event ID 1013270
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013270
Kildonnan 3 (St Donnan), Eigg, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragments
Measurements: H 0.55m, W 0.33, D 0.04m
Stone type: buff-coloured flagstone
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.
Present condition: broken into five fragments and part of the top is missing. Initially displayed in the porch of The Lodge at Galmisdale, this stone is now in St Donnan’s RC Church.
Description
This is a kite-shaped grave-marker carved by pecking and smoothing with an equal-armed cross with small armpits and pits in the centre of the upper and lower arms. The cross is framed by an outer cruciform shape with a pointed base.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 93.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
