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Drainie
Carved Stone (Early Medieval), Cross(S) (Early Medieval), Cross Slab(S) (Early Medieval), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Drainie
Classification Carved Stone (Early Medieval), Cross(S) (Early Medieval), Cross Slab(S) (Early Medieval), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Kinneddar Church; Kinnedar Manse; Old Manse Of Kinneddar; Kinnedar; Drainie Manse
Canmore ID 16481
Site Number NJ26NW 3
NGR NJ 2227 6960
NGR Description From NJ 2227 6960 to NJ 223 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16481
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Drainie
Drainie parish on the coast of Moray contains the site of the old church of Kinneddar (Canmore 16470), and confusingly both names have been used to denote the carved stones from the site of the old church. In early medieval times the church was part of a monastery, which lay beside an inland loch (later drained). There are 32 carved fragments in this important collection housed mostly in the Elgin Museum (Canmore 16595), and they represent some ten cross-slabs, perhaps three free-standing crosses and, most remarkably, fragments of eight or more panels from composite stone shrine-chests.
Primary reference: ECMS pt 3, 124, 142-49, 507-8.
A Ritchie 2019
The Old Manse at Kinnedar was removed in 1855, and among the stones there was discovered a slab of the local sandstone having a 'crescent' symbol on it. It was mutilated and squared by the masons before being discovered. It is 2ft 6ins high by 2ft 1ins wide by 4ins thick, sculptured at the top with incised lines the remains of the upper part of the crescent and V-rod symbol.
Besides the symbol stone, thirteen other fragments were found in the old dykes about the manse, or dug up in the old churchyard, all of which - including the symbol stone - are in Elgin Museum. Three of them bear reliefs of men or horsemen.
J Stuart 1856; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
NJ26NW 3.00 2227 6960 to 223 696
For details on the individual stones, see the links below:
NJ26NW 3.01 'Drainie no. 1' Pictish symbol stone
NJ26NW 3.02 'Drainie no. 2' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.03 'Drainie no. 3' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.04 'Drainie no. 4' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.05 'Drainie no. 5' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.06 'Drainie no. 6' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.07 'Drainie no. 7' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.08 'Drainie no. 8' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.09 'Drainie no. 9' Cross
NJ26NW 3.10 'Drainie no. 10' Cross-shaft
NJ26NW 3.11 'Drainie no. 11' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.12 'Drainie no. 12' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.13 'Drainie no. 13' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.14 'Drainie no. 14' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.15 'Drainie no. 15' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.16 'Drainie no. 16' Sculptured stone
NJ26NW 3.17 'Drainie no. 17' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.18 'Drainie no. 18' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.19 'Drainie no. 19' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.20 'Drainie no. 20' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.21 'Drainie no. 21' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.22 'Drainie no. 22' Cross-shaft
NJ26NW 3.23 'Drainie no. 23' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.24 'Drainie no. 24' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.25 'Drainie no. 25' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.26 'Drainie no. 26' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.27 'Drainie no. 27' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.28 'Drainie no. 28' Cross-shaft
NJ26NW 3.29 'Drainie no. 29' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.30 'Drainie no. 30' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.31 'Drainie no. 31' Cross-slab
NJ26NW 3.32 'Drainie no. 32' Cross-slab
Field Visit (27 November 1962)
No information regarding the discovery of these stones was obtained at the manse of Kinnedar, which is now the residence of the Commanding Officer, HMS Fulmar RNAS. The symbol stone is not on display in Elgin Museum, and enquiries there proved negative. The various fragments, however, mentioned by Allen, are exhibited.
Visited by OS (W D J) 27 November 1962.
