Tullich, St Nathalan's Kirk, Tullich 2
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Tullich, St Nathalan's Kirk, Tullich 2
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Tullich Churchyard
Canmore ID 174125
Site Number NO39NE 2.03
NGR NO 39050 97548
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/174125
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Tullich 2 (St Nathalan), Aberdeenshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.55m, W 0.44m, D 0.25m
Stone type: grey granite
Place of discovery: NO c 390 975
Present location: stored off-site for conservation; a new display shelter in the kirkyard is planned.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in the 1870s in re-use as a lintel over the south door of the church. It was removed and set in a railed enclosure against the north wall.
Present condition: the right-hand edge of face A has broken away, and there is re-working of the left-hand edge.
Description
This was a long and slender slab, incised on one broad face with an outline cross with rounded armpits, expanded base and triangular tenon.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: ECMS, pt 3, 186-7; Michie 1910, 119; Geddes, Murray & Murray 2015, 253.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
