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Achareidh Description of stone
Event ID 1036689
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1036689
Achareidh, Nairn, cross-slab fragment
Measurements:
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ 868 564
Present location:
Evidence for discovery: found buried near Achareidh in 1890 (Bain) or 1891 (ECMS).
Present condition:
Description
This small fragment is carved in relief on one face with the corner of a panel of key pattern.
Date range: eighth or ninth century
Primary references: Bain 1893, 48; ECMS pt 3, 117.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018.
