Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 2 Description of stone
Event ID 1037097
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1037097
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