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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. 19
Canmore ID 16498
Site Number NJ26NW 3.19
NGR NJ 223 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16498
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Drainie 19, Kinneddar, Moray, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.45m, W 0.25m, D 0.06m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 2230 6960
Present location: Elgin Museum (1960.14)
Evidence for discovery: found in the old graveyard at Kinneddar in 1960 and presented to Elgin Museum.
Present condition: broken edges but the carving is in good condition.
Description
The extreme irregularities of this fragment suggest that it may be derived from an unfinished monument: both the outline of the cross and the surface treatment of its background are irregular. The cross has rectangular terminals and square armpits.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references:
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie
Note
NJ26NW 3.19 223 696
No. 19. Elgin Museum, Acc. No. 1960.14
Now in Elgin Museum (see NJ26SW 101.18).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
