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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 665090
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/665090
NH98SW 16 916 840.
(Area: NH 916 840) This stone was first noticed by the Rev J M Joass built into the wall of the manse garden at Tarbat. It is the rectangular portion of an upright cross-slab (?) 1'7" high by 1' wide. It bears an inscription in Hiberno-Saxon capitals of the 8th or 9th century. The letters being in relief instead of incised is a unique feature.
E W R Nicholson has suggested REOTETII as the probable reading of the partially illegible name of the person commemorated and identifies him with the REOTHAIDE or REODAIDE whose death is recorded in 762 in the Annals of Ulster, and in 763 in the Annals of Tigernach. In both, he is called "Ab. Ferna" which, however, is understood to be Ferns in Ireland, and the difficulty of connecting him with Tarbat remains. The stone is listed as Class III, Tarbat no 10.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
The stone is now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no: IB 286)
Information from NMAS accessions index.
