Rosemarkie
Carved Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rosemarkie
Classification Carved Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Groam House 8
Canmore ID 260000
Site Number NH75NW 7.13
NGR NH 737 576
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Rosemarkie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Rosemarkie 8, Ross & Cromarty, church furniture, panel fragments
Measurements: H 0.33m, W 0.51m +
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 7372 5763
Present location: Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie (ROMGH.1992.4)
Evidence for discovery:
Present condition: worn and broken into two fragments.
Description
These two conjoining fragments are carved on one broad face with a plain flatband border enclosing diagonal key pattern
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Seright & Henderson 2013, 10.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
NH75NW 7.13 737 576
Two adjoining portions of a panel of key-pattern (Groam House 1992.4 1-2).
MS/1785.