Rosemarkie
Carved Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rosemarkie
Classification Carved Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Rosemarkie Church; Rosemarkie Churchyard
Canmore ID 139194
Site Number NH75NW 7.08
NGR NH 737 576
NGR Description NH c. 737 576
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Rosemarkie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Rosemarkie 15, Ross & Cromarty, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.30m, D 0.11m
Stone type: pink sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 737 576
Present location: Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie (ROMGH.1998)
Evidence for discovery: found in a garden at Rosemarkie in 1994.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This small fragment is carved with a roll-moulded border and part of an interlace design.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Seright & Henderson 2013, 10.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
NH75NW 7.08 c. 737 576
NH 737 576 Found in a garden near Rosemarkie Church. The fragment (175 x 158 x 80mm) is carved on one face with a section of interlace adjacent to a border. The border lies along what may be an original edge. Pink sandstone.
Sponsor: Groam House Museum.
S Seright, H Fearn and I B Henderson 1998.
