Rosemarkie
Carved Stone (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Rosemarkie
Classification Carved Stone (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Groam House 12
Canmore ID 260010
Site Number NH75NW 7.16
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 16, Ross & Cromarty, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.30m, W 0.23m, D 0.08m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 7372 5763
Present location: Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie (ROMGH.2005.18)
Evidence for discovery: found in the churchyard at Rosemarkie in 2004.
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This finely dressed fragment comes from the right-hand part of a cross-slab and is incised with a plain ringed outline cross.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: DES 2007, 122-3; Seright & Henderson 2013, 13.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
NH75NW 7.16 737 576
A fragment of a sculptured stone, bearing a portion of interlace towards one edge,
MS/1785
