Creagan A' Bheannaich, 'chapel And Graveyard'
Findspot (Early 20th Century)
Site Name Creagan A' Bheannaich, 'chapel And Graveyard'
Classification Findspot (Early 20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Sandside House
Canmore ID 318979
Site Number ND05NW 9.01
NGR ND 0408 5783
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/318979
- Council Highland
- Parish Reay
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Shurrery, Caithness, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.74m, W 0.23m, D 0.20m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: ND 0408 5783
Present location: Sandside House, against a wall in front of the house.
Evidence for discovery: found in the first decade of the 20th century built into a stone dyke near Shurrery and thought to have come from a chapel site at Tigh a’ Bheannaich, the slab was taken to Sandside House by 1910. Sometime later the date 1911 was cut at the base of the stone.
Present condition: good.
Description
Finely pecked lines define a simple encircled cross set on a splayed shaft, and below there is a plain circle almost the entire width of the slab. Despite it being a perfect circle, there is no trace of a compass hole at the centre.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
References: RCAHMS 1911, no 406; Blackie & Macaulay 1998: no 19.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
