Kildonnan 5 Description of stone
Date 17 August 2016
Event ID 1013272
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013272
Kildonnan 5 (St Donnan), Eigg, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.86m, W 0.42m, D 0.06m
Stone type: grey Torridonian flagstone
Place of discovery: NM 4885 8536
Present location: set upright in a modern concrete base within Kildonnan church.
Evidence for discovery: found in the ruined church of St Donnan.
Present condition: weathered and damaged at the top edge.
Description
This slightly tapering slab is carved in false relief with an equal-armed cross-potent within a circle formed by a broad plain band, 0.39m in overall diameter. There are square terminals to the arms and a square at the centre of the cross.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 93.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
