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Drainie

Cross Slab (Early Medieval)

Site Name Drainie

Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Kinneddar Church; Drainie No. 31

Canmore ID 288511

Site Number NJ26NW 3.31

NGR NJ 223 696

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Moray
  • Parish Drainie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Moray
  • Former County Morayshire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Drainie 31, Kinneddar, Moray, carved fragment

Measurements: H 0.18m, W 0.18m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NJ c 2230 6960

Present location: Elgin Museum (1978.162)

Evidence for discovery: found in or near the old graveyard at Kinneddar sometime after 1936.

Present condition: extremely poor.

Description

This small fragment is so severely damaged that the traces of carving and perhaps a wide frame are difficult to describe.

Date: uncertain.

References:

Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018

Archaeology Notes

NJ26NW 3.31 223 696

No. 31. Elgin Museum, Acc. No. 1978.162

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