Cill Ashaig Description of stone

Date 7 September 2016

Event ID 1013845

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013845

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Cill Ashaig, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab

Measurements: H 0.29m, W 0.21m, D 0.15m

Stone type: limestone

Place of discovery: NG 6867 2426

Present location: Highland Council Museum Service, Portree.

Evidence for discovery: found in 1994 near the well, Tobar Ashaig, near the old burial ground.

Present condition: good.

Description

This roughly rectangular block is incised with a simple linear cross.

Date range: seventh to ninth century.

References: Fisher 2001, 102.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016