Drainie
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Drainie
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kinneddar Church; Kinnedar Manse; Old Manse Of Kinneddar; Kinnedar; Drainie Manse; Drainie No. 26
Canmore ID 16497
Site Number NJ26NW 3.26
NGR NJ 223 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16497
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Drainie 26, Kinneddar, Moray, shrine panel fragment
Measurements: H 0.16m, W 0.24m, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 2230 6960
Present location: Elgin Museum (1978.154)
Evidence for discovery: found in or near the old graveyard at Kinneddar.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This fragment conjoins Drainie 28 and represents the top of the right-hand side of a shrine panel of the type that combines corner posts and panel, and it may be part of the same monument as Drainie 23. It is carved in relief but are very worn. The ‘post’ has a roll-moulded border around a vertical panel of Stafford knots created in median-incised cords.
Date: eighth century.
References:
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
