Keills, Chapel And Graveyard
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Keills, Chapel And Graveyard
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Cill Mo-charmaig; Kilmacharmick; Keillmore; Church Of Saint Cormac
Canmore ID 318556
Site Number NR68SE 2.01
NGR NR 69134 80538
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/318556
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish North Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Field Visit (August 1989)
(2; SOD 'C') Roughly rectangular upright slab set in a modern concrete base, 1.2m in visible height by 0.59m. On one face (a) the surface has been worked with a pick or pointed chisel to leave a Latin cross in low relief, except at the base of the shaft which is incised. The cross has a roll moulded margin and narrow semicircular armpits, and a spiral at the centre of the cross-head is linked to key-pattern in the side-arms, but the top arm and shaft are too weathered for any ornament to be identifiable. On the other face (b)there is a similar cross, preserving key-pattern in the top arm and one side-arm, and a twist or interlaced pattern in the lower part of the shaft, but much damaged elsewhere. (Kist,20 (1980), 2 -4).
RCAHMS 1992, visited August 1989
Reference (2001)
(2) Slab, 1.2m by 0.59m. On face (a) in low relief is a Latin cross with a roll-moulded margin and narrow armpits, and a central spiral is linked to key-pattern in the side-arms. Face (b) bears a similar cross, preserving key-pattern in two of the arms and interlace in the lower part of the shaft.
I Fisher 2001
