Drainie
Cross (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Drainie
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Kinneddar Church; Kinnedar Manse; Old Manse Of Kinneddar; Kinnedar; Drainie Manse; Drainie No. 22
Canmore ID 16500
Site Number NJ26NW 3.22
NGR NJ 223 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16500
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Drainie 22, Kinneddar, Moray, cross-shaft fragment
Measurements: H 0.23m, W 0.16m, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 2230 6960
Present location: Elgin Museum (1978.149)
Evidence for discovery: found in or near the old graveyard at Kinneddar sometime after 1936.
Present condition: broken and weathered.
Description
This fragment is part of a slender cross-shaft carved in relief on three faces with diagonal key pattern. The two narrow faces bear mirrored panels, while face A bears a pelletted pattern.
Date range: eighth or ninth century.
Primary references:
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
Note
NJ26NW 3.22 223 696.
No. 22. Elgin Museum, Acc. No. 1978.149
Now in Elgin Museum (see NJ26SW 101.21).
(Undated) information in NMRS.
