Boddin, Chapel Of St Skae, Skae No.1
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Boddin, Chapel Of St Skae, Skae No.1
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 318445
Site Number NO75SW 2.02
NGR NO 71514 53959
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/318445
- Council Angus
- Parish Craig
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Boddin 1, Chapel of St Skea (St Skeoch), Angus, cross-incised stone
Measurements: H 0.30m, W 0.60m
Stone type: Old Red Sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 7151 5395
Present location: in situ in the wall of the burial vault at Boddin.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 1983, re-used as a building stone in the exterior south wall of the burial aisle. There was a 12th-century chapel on the site.
Present condition: good.
Description
An equal-armed cross is firmly incised on this block of stone. It may be a consecration cross for the twelfth-century chapel.
Date range: early medieval.
Primary references: DES 1995, 93.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
Field Visit (December 2003)
Three stones each bearing an incised cross are built into the outer walls of the burial vault. Nos. 1 and 2 are built into the S wall, near wallhead height. No. 3 is built into the N wall.
Visited by RCAHMS (JB) December 2003
