Artefact Recovery

Date 2012

Event ID 993204

Category Recording

Type Artefact Recovery

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/993204

NG 2692 0543 A circular stone, c0.25m in diameter and marked with an incised cross with arced terminals, was found by the farmer Geraldine McKinnon in the burial ground at A’ Chill. On comparison to the Clocha Breaca on the Irish island of Inishmurray, the stone is thought to be a turning stone, also known as a prayer or cursing stone, and is thought to be of 7th- or 8th-century date.

Archive: Highland HER, NTS and RCAHMS (intended)

Funder: The National Trust for Scotland

Derek Alexander, The National Trust for Scotland

Stewart Connor,

2012