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Bute, St Blane's
Cross (Early Medieval)
Site Name Bute, St Blane's
Classification Cross (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Carved Stone 6
Canmore ID 301992
Site Number NS05SE 5.06
NGR NS 0949 5344
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301992
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kingarth
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
Measured Survey (1896)
Reference (1900)
Reference (1903)
Reference (1984)
Reference (2001)
Cross-shaft fragment found in the N wall of the church; now lost. It measured 0.51m by 0.33m in incomplete width and appears to have been carved in relief. On one face (a) there was a standing figure in a knee-length garment, wearing a short sword obliquely at waist-level. He held in the right hand a spear and in the left hand a small circular shield. The other face (b) showed the figure of a horse and rider, moving to the right but with little visible detail except for the reins.
(Anderson 1900, 317 and figs.26-7 on p.320; Allen and Anderson 1903, 3, 410, no.6; Schultz album, pl.6; Cross 1984, B18).
Fisher 2001.
Measured Survey (29 March 2010)