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Field Visit
Date 18 November 1977
Event ID 922830
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/922830
NS 0586 2970. This boulder rests on the shoreline just above high water mark in an area of scattered boulders and rock outcrop. It has a rough cube shape with sides of approximately 2.5m, but is otherwise as described. It has evidently been utilised, for whatever religious purpose, because of its fortuitous shape and close proximity to St Molaise's Cave and Well (NS02NE 4 and 5). The steps and seats could be artificially cut, but its flat top, featureless except for modern graffiti, is probably natural.
The ring top cross (fig 7), about 15 cms long, is just visible but badly weathered and several worn scratches nearby may be the remnants of the 'Pilgrims' crosses'. The alleged font, a shapeless slab with a depression probably caused by sea action, lies at the W base of the 'table' and is unconvincing as an antiquity.
St Molaise's Table: name verified.
Surveyed at 1:10 000.
Visited by OS (J R L) 18 November 1977.
