Mains of Afforsk Description of stone
Event ID 1023349
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023349
Mains of Afforsk, Aberdeenshire, ogham-inscribed cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.95m, W 1.50m, D 0.80m
Stone type: granite
Place of discovery: NJ 6956 2085
Present location: in situ on a low hill in Bennachie Forest.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1994 during tree-felling operations.
Present condition: good.
Description
This rectilinear, almost pillow-shaped, slab bears an incised simple equal-armed cross, placed centrally on one broad surface. Incised along the top edges of the slab at both ends are short ogham inscriptions.
Date: seventh or eighth century.
References: DES 1994, 27.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
