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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

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/288511

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View of fragment with key pattern, Drainie no 31 (including scale)
View of fragment with key pattern, Drainie no 31 (including scale)Drawing of sculptured stone fragment, Drainie no 31View of fragment with key pattern, Drainie no 31

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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