Dull
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Dull
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 25628
Site Number NN84NW 19
NGR NN 8075 4921
NGR Description Now at NN 8063 4915
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/25628
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Dull
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Dull 3 (St Adomnan), Perthshire, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.67m, W 0.33m, D 0.09m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NN 8075 4921
Present location: clamped to the exterior south wall of the church to the left of the main door.
Evidence for discovery: found in the early 1960s buried in building rubble outside a cottage in the village.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
A large fragment of cross-slab, this is carved by incision with an outline cross on which the upper arm and shaft form a single member, passing over the side arms, to resemble a wooden cross.
Date: seventh or eighth century.
References: DES 1964, 38.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NN84NW 19 8075 4921 now at 8063 4915
See also NN84NW 18.01.
(NN 8078 4928) A stone cross slab was found at the entrance to Mrs Dan Cameron's cottage at Dull when a water main was laid (? in 1962) about 4' down among large stones. The slab is lying on a pale of stones at the gate, but may come to the Breadalbane Archaeol Soc's museum. It is 2'3" x 1' x 3" and on it is a carved cross, the arms of which are 3" wide. An arc has been carved between the arms and the top of the cross. The right hand side of the cross has been broken off and it tapers to a point at the bottom.
Breadalbane Archaeol Soc 1964; A Macdonald and L Laing 1973; Information from M E C Stewart to OS, 11 December 1964.
Findspot pointed out by Mr D Cameron at NN 8075 4921 immediately outside his garden gate. It is now preserved inside Dull Parish Church (see NN84NW 18.1).
Visited by OS (J B) 4 December 1974.
NN 8063 4915. The slab is now mounted behind iron brackets to the left of the main door on the outside wall of the church.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (M J F) 1 December 1974.
