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Inverurie

Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)

Site Name Inverurie

Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Old Inverurie Churchyard; Inverurie Cemetery

Canmore ID 191752

Site Number NJ72SE 11.06

NGR NJ 7802 2062

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Inverurie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Inverurie 6, Aberdeenshire, cross-slab

Measurements: H 0.42m, W 0.31m, D 0.13m

Stone type: granite

Place of discovery: NJ 7802 2062

Present location: lost?.

Evidence for discovery: photographed in Inverurie churchyard in 1903 by James Ritchie.

Present condition:

Description

This was a disc-headed cross with a tapering tenon. The head was deeply incised with an equal-armed linear cross on both sides, in such a way that the side and upper arms meet at the edges.

Date: early medieval.

References: Ritchie 1911, 343-5, no 2.

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017

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