Achareidh
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Achareidh
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 15098
Site Number NH85NE 13
NGR NH 868 564
NGR Description NH c.868 564
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/15098
- Council Highland
- Parish Nairn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Nairn
- Former County Nairn
Achareidh, Nairn, cross-slab fragment
Measurements:
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ 868 564
Present location:
Evidence for discovery: found buried near Achareidh in 1890 (Bain) or 1891 (ECMS).
Present condition:
Description
This small fragment is carved in relief on one face with the corner of a panel of key pattern.
Date range: eighth or ninth century
Primary references: Bain 1893, 48; ECMS pt 3, 117.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018.
No further information obtained during field investigation.
Visited by OS 29 November 1961.
Field Visit (May 1978)
Achareidh NH 868 564 NH85NE 13
A small unweathered fragment of an Early Christian/Pictish class III stone bearing a key pattern on one face is preserved at Achareidh House. The stone was found in 1891 just to the NW of the house.
RCAHMS 1978, visited May 1978
Bain 1893, 48; Allen and Anderson 1903, iii, 117
