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Balquidder Description of stone
Event ID 1014901
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014901
Balquhidder 7, Perthshire, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: L 0.76m, W 0.56m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NN 5357 2091
Present location: recumbent in kirkyard south-esst of the old church.
Evidence for discovery: recorded by RCAHMS in the kirkyard in 2014.
Present condition: right-hand edge is broken and the left-hand arm has been defaced.
Description
This slab, which was probably square, bears an equal-armed cross carved in relief, with a small incised cross at the centre.
Date: seventh or eighth century.
References:
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
