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Rosemarkie, Church Place, Rosemarkie Parish Church, Cross Slab
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Rosemarkie, Church Place, Rosemarkie Parish Church, Cross Slab
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Rosemarkie Churchyard, No. 3
Canmore ID 14395
Site Number NH75NW 7.03
NGR NH 7372 5763
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14395
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosemarkie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
NH75NW 7.03 7372 5763
No. 3 A fragment of a Class 3 cross-slab dug up in the churchyard and donated to the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS]) by Rev C Macdowall in 1885 (Accession no. IB 127), measures 11 1/2ins x 9ins x 2ins thick. One face bears a representation of a beast attacking a man.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; RCAHMS 1979.
Field Visit (June 1979)
Rosemarkie, Carved Stones NH c. 737 576 NH75NW 7
The discovery of numerous 'Pictish' carved stones in the vicinity of Rosemarkie church indicates that this site was one of considerable importance during Early Christian times. Of the nine items described below (1) is in Groam House, High Street, Rosemarkie; (2) and (6)-(8) are in the tool-shed at Rosemarkie church; (3)-(5) are in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland; and (9) is in Inverness Museum.
(3) What may be a fragment of a Class III 'Pictish' cross-slab (NMAS I 8 127) bears a representation of a beast attacking a man; it was discovered in the churchyard.
RCAHMS 1979, visited June 1979
Allen and Anderson 1903, iii, 63-8, 85-8; Macdonald and Laing 1970, 137; Henderson
1971, 50-2
