Drainie

Drainie 7, Kinneddar, Moray, carved fragment

Measurements: H 0.10m, W 0.13m, D 0.05m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NJ c 223 696

Present location: Elgin Museum (1855.1.5)

Evidence for discovery: found in or prior to 1855; according to Stuart (1856, 40), ‘most of

the other fragments [ ie nos 2-13] were found in old dykes about the Manse, and a few were dug up in the old churchyard’. The old manse stood close to the graveyard and the site of Kinneddar old parish church and early medieval foundation, then located beside a sea loch.

Present condition: broken top and bottom, very worn and face C is defaced.

Description

There is a slight taper to this fragment, which may come from a very slender cross-shaft such as would have supported the cross-head Drainie 9. Both broad faces have plain edge mouldings, and face A bears key pattern. Face C is severely defaced but there are hints of another key pattern.

Date range: eighth or ninth century

Primary references: Stuart 1856, pl 130; ECMS pt 3, 145.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018