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Fortingall, Parish Church
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Fortingall, Parish Church
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Fortingall No.4
Canmore ID 243461
Site Number NN74NW 10.04
NGR NN 7420 4702
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/243461
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fortingall
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Fortingall 4 (Coeti of Iona), Perthshire, recumbent cross-slab fragments
Measurements: L 1.11m +, W 0.55m, D 0.50m to 0.60m
Stone type: grey sandstone
Place of discovery: NN 7416 4701
Present location: within the east end of the church at Fortingall.
Evidence for discovery: the end fragment was found in the late nineteenth century built into the wall of an old thatched cottage near the church, but there is no information about the discovery of the other three fragments (they are not mentioned in ECMS).
Present condition: broken and weathered.
Description
With the addition of the extra fragments, it is clear that this is a recumbent monument. It is carved in low relief on one broad face with three conjoined equal-armed crosses, each of which survives in partial form. It has a plain flatband border and a wider border at the surviving end. The crosses are ringed and outlined by roll mouldings, with rounded armpits. The arms and centre are filled with continuous knotwork, while the ring contains double-strand twist. The spaces between the rings are filled with triquetra knots.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 510; Robertson 1997, 139-40.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
