Canna, Sgorr Nam Ban-naomha
Cross (Early Medieval)
Site Name Canna, Sgorr Nam Ban-naomha
Classification Cross (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Skerry Of The Holy Women; 'cashel'; 'nunnery'; 'the Altar'
Canmore ID 319396
Site Number NG20SW 2.02
NGR NG 22991 04395
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
Sgor nam Ban-Naomha 2, Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.24m, W 0.26m, D 0.03m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NG 2299 0439
Present location: Canna House.
Evidence for discovery: found during RCAHMS fieldwork in 1993-4, in the ruins of a stone-built hut.
Present condition: broken and weathered.
Description
This fragment is part of a cruciform grave-marker with a simple Latin cross incised on one broad face. Only one arm of the cruciform shape survives.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 101.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Reference (2001)
(2) Irregular fragment of a cruciform stone of Torridonian sandstone, 0.24m by 0.26m and 25mm thick. The arms are broken except for one short and round-ended side-arm, but there are slight traces of the rounded armpit of the opposite arm. At the centre of one face there is a much-worn pecked equal-armed cross, 0.13m in span.
I Fisher 2001