Kildonnan Description of stone
Date 7 August 2016
Event ID 1013840
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013840
Kildonnan 7 (St Donnan), Eigg, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab
Measurements: H
Stone type: pink Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NM 4885 8536
Present location: upright in Kildonnan churchyard to the south of the church.
Evidence for discovery: found during clearance work in Kildonnan churchyard in 2012, lying face down.
Present condition: broken at one end and some flaking at the sides.
Description
This slim tapering slab bears a simple equal-armed cross within a circle which spans the width of the stone. It is carved by pecking and smoothing wide grooves.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Hunter 2016, 134-5.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
