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Carnbee Farm, Carnbee
Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Carnbee Farm, Carnbee
Classification Building(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 162291
Site Number NO50NW 42
NGR NO 5284 0667
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/162291
- Council Fife
- Parish Carnbee
- Former Region Fife
- Former District North East Fife
- Former County Fife
Carnbee Farm, Fife, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NO 5284 0667
Present location: built into the interior face of an outhouse wall at Carnbee Farm.
Evidence for discovery: first noted by Ian Fisher and photographed by Tom Gray in June 2004.
Present condition: trimmed for re-use and damaged surface.
Description
This is the central portion of a cross-slab carved in relief with the lower part of a circular cross-head and the upper part of a shaft. The slab was bordered by a plain roll moulding and appears to have had parallel vertical sides. Within a circle of roll moulding the cross appears to be of Maltese design, the arms formed by triquetra knots. The shaft is outlined by a roll moulding and contains interlace, and it is flanked on either side by panels of running scroll interlace.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: none.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Note
A unroofed building annotated Ruin, which is attached to an enclosure that lies at the edge of the village of Carnbee, is depicted on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Fife and Kinross 1855, sheet 19). One roofed building is shown on the current edition of the OS 1:10000 map (1993).
Information from RCAHMS (AKK) 17 September 1999.
