Bagh na h-Uamha Description of stone
Date 7 September 2016
Event ID 1013844
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013844
Bagh na h-Uamha, Rum, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab
Measurements: H c 1.40m, W 0.41m tapering upwards to 0.24m, D 0.32m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NM 4213 9727
Present location: set upright above the beach at Bagh na h-Uamha on the east coast of Rum.
Evidence for discovery: found partly buried in the shingle beach at Bagh na h-Uamha in 1977 and set upright in 1982. There is a large cave overlooking the beach.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This pillar-shaped slab bears a pecked and smoothed equal-armed cross with small expanded terminals set on a shaft with a semi-circular base.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 95.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
