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Drainie 22 Description of stone
Event ID 1036714
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1036714
Drainie 22, Kinneddar, Moray, cross-shaft fragment
Measurements: H 0.23m, W 0.16m, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 2230 6960
Present location: Elgin Museum (1978.149)
Evidence for discovery: found in or near the old graveyard at Kinneddar sometime after 1936.
Present condition: broken and weathered.
Description
This fragment is part of a slender cross-shaft carved in relief on three faces with diagonal key pattern. The two narrow faces bear mirrored panels, while face A bears a pelletted pattern.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references:
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
