Mid Clyth Graveyard, Cross Slab
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Mid Clyth Graveyard, Cross Slab
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Greenhill, Lat 226 & 227
Canmore ID 318975
Site Number ND23NE 4.01
NGR ND 2956 3723
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/318975
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Mid Clyth 2, Caithness, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.98m, 0.53m, D 0.15m
Stone type: grey sandstone
Place of discovery: ND 2956 3723
Present location: Mid Clyth graveyard
Evidence for discovery: recorded by Arthur Mitchell in June 1863 standing in the graveyard.
Present condition: good
Description
On the SW face of this tall standing stone there is a pecked cross with a pair of spirals at the terminal of the upper arm and a circle (8mm in diameter) at the termination of each side-arm.
Date: eighth century.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Field Visit (16 July 1910)
Near the centre of Mid Clyth graveyard stands a tall grey slab measuring 6' 6" in height, 1' 9" in breadth, and 6" in thickness. It faces SW and NE. On the SW face near the centre is incised a Celtic cross 1' 3" in length and 1' 4" in breadth along the arms. The upper arm terminates in two diverging spirals and the lateral arms in circular discs 3" in diameter. The stem of the cross is about 3/4 broad. (See also ND23NE 5.)
Visited by RCAHMS, 16th July 1910.
