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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 8
Canmore ID 301994
Site Number NS05SE 5.08
NGR NS 0949 5344
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301994
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kingarth
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Buteshire
Measured Survey (1896)
Reference (1900)
Reference (1903)
Photographic Record (18 August 1975)
Reference (1984)
Measured Survey (29 March 1997)
Reference (2001)
Cross-shaft fragment found in the N wall of the church; now lost. It was of sandstone, measuring 0.65m by 0.29m, and within a plain margin it bore a four-cord plait ending in circular loops.
Anderson 1900, 317 and fig.18 on p.318; Allen and Anderson 1903, 3, 411, no.8 and fig.431 on p.412; Schultz album, pl.6; Cross 1984, B20).
Fisher 2001
