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Kildonnan 4 Description of stone
Date 17 August 2016
Event ID 1013271
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013271
Kildonnan 4 (St Donnan), Eigg, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.29m
Stone type: pink Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NM 4885 8536
Present location: in St Donnan’s Roman Catholic Church at NM 4741 8853.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1931 near the west end of the ruined church of St Donnan. Initially displayed in the porch of The Lodge at Galmisdale, this fragment is now in St Donnan’s RC Church.
Present condition: broken and set in a modern wooden frame. The carving is in good condition.
Description
This fragment comes from the central area of a cross-slab which was carved by pecking with a cross within a circle some 0.20m in diameter. This is an equal-armed cross with expanded terminals and a lozenge at the centre, and the voids between the arms are filled with triquetra knots, each within its own frame.
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Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
