Lassintullich Description of stone

Event ID 1084232

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Lassintullich 1 (St Blane), Perthshire, cross-slab

Measurements: H 1.37m above ground, W , D 0.15

Stone type: schistose

Place of discovery: NN 69545 57739

Present location: in situ in the south-west part of the graveyard.

Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1931 by Lacaille.

Present condition: weathered.

Description

Face A is carved in relief with a plain cross with circular armpits. Face C bears traces of an incised cross of similar form.

Date: eighth to tenth century.

References: Lacaille 1932, 130-1, fig 1.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019.