Balblair, Newhall Point
Cross Base (Early Medieval)
Site Name Balblair, Newhall Point
Classification Cross Base (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 272692
Site Number NH76NW 2.02
NGR NH 709 670
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Resolis
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Balblair, Ross and Cromarty, cross-base
Measurements: H 0.30m, L 1.70m, W 0.41m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 709 670
Present location: Groam House Museum, Rosemarkie.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1986 buried in the garden of Moonraker’s Cottage, Newhall Point, Balblair, near the site of a medieval chapel. Taken to Groam House Museum in 2003.
Present condition: good.
Description
This is a low rectangular cross-base carved from a single slab, with a socket penetrating right through the stone. The socket is also rectangular and measures 0.23m by 0.09m and is surrounded by a slightly raised plain border some 0.08m wide with a notch at one end of the socket.
Date: uncertain.
References: DES 1986, 15.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
NH76NW 2.02 709 760
A rectangular masoned stone, with a rectangular slot (0.22m x 0.1m), was found in a garden of Moonrakers Cottage at Newhall Point. It is thought to be a cross base and measures 0.4m x 0.12m.
S Farrell 2003
