Drummond, Evanton
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Drummond, Evanton
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 13676
Site Number NH66NW 32
NGR NH 6033 6549
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13676
- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Drummond Farm, Evanton, Ross & Cromarty, cross-slab fragment
Measurements:
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: unknown
Present location: at Drummond Farm, Evanton
Evidence for discovery: said possibly to have been found in Skye in the twentieth century.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This fragment is the upper part of a cross-slab carved in relief with very similar crosses on both broad faces. The crosses are ringed and the side- and upper arms project beyond the ring and beyond the edges of the slab. There are raised bosses within the sunken areas between the arms and in the centre of the cross.
Date: uncertain
References: none.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
NH66NW 32 6033 6549.
The fragment of a cross-slab, in the possession of Mr Allan Moore, Drummond, Evanton, is said to have been 'collected by his late Mother possibly from Skye'.
Information from Dr J Close-Brooks, 6 North Head, Milford-on-Sea, Hants., to RCAHMS 1984.
