Drainie
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Drainie
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Kinneddar Church; Drainie No. 30
Canmore ID 288510
Site Number NJ26NW 3.30
NGR NJ 223 696
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288510
- Council Moray
- Parish Drainie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Drainie 30, Kinneddar, Moray, carved fragment
Measurements: H 0.12m, W 0.14m, D 0.07m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 2230 6960
Present location: Elgin Museum (1978.158)
Evidence for discovery: found in or near the old graveyard at Kinneddar sometime after 1936.
Present condition: all edges are broken and the carving is worn.
Description
This small fragment, perhaps from a cross-slab, is carved on one broad face with a combination of key pattern and a curvilinear motif.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References:
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
NJ26NW 3.30 223 696
No. 30. Elgin Museum, Acc. No. 1978.158
