Chapel of Garioch Description of stone
Event ID 1023348
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023348
Chapel of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, cross-incised slab
Measurements: H 0.37m, W 0.27m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NJ 7162 2417
Present location: in the south-west internal corner of the ruined old church.
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition: weathered and the base may be broken.
Description
This small rectangular slab is incised on one broad face with a linear cross with small ball terminals set on a stepped pedestal (a Calvary cross). Traces of the initials H and T on either side of the cross may be contemporary or secondary.
Date: early medieval or later.
References: RCAHMS 2007, 171.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
