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Reference
Date 2001
Event ID 922831
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/922831
This large flat-topped boulder of sandstone, also known as the 'Judgement Stone', is situated close to the shore and 8m N of St Molaise's Well, a natural spring which was formerly regarded as a holy well (1). It measures 2.2m high and about 2.6m square, and at the SE angle there are rock-cut steps, while two hollows at the SW angle and two more at the NE are identified as seats. On an oblique face at the NE angle there is an incised cross 110mm high and 80mm in span. Its top arm terminates in an oval 20mm to 25mm across, and the side arms in small hollows, while the shaft rises from a firmly-cut horizontal bar. The shaft is formed by a pronounced V-section groove, while the cross-arms are less deeply cut. The carving is surrounded by later initials, and it is possible that it was itself a mason's mark, but an early date seems more probable. A block of basalt containing a shallow basin 0.28m in diameter lies at the foot of the stone.
(Balfour 1910, 1, 258-9).
Footnote:
(1) Mitchell 1898, 18; Headrick 1807, 80-1.
I Fisher 2001, 63-5.
