Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 2 Description of stone

Event ID 1037097

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 2, Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment

Measurements: H 0.24m, W 0.26m, D 0.03m

Stone type: Torridonian sandstone

Place of discovery: NG 2299 0439

Present location: Canna House.

Evidence for discovery: found during RCAHMS fieldwork in 1993-4, in the ruins of a stone-built hut.

Present condition: broken and weathered.

Description

This fragment is part of a cruciform grave-marker with a simple Latin cross incised on one broad face. Only one arm of the cruciform shape survives.

Date range: seventh or eighth century.

Primary references: Fisher 2001, 101.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016