Convinth, Old Parish Church, Burial Ground
Carved Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Convinth, Old Parish Church, Burial Ground
Classification Carved Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Grave Yard
Canmore ID 319514
Site Number NH53NW 2.02
NGR NH 51205 37440
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Kiltarlity And Convinth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Reference (1911)
The stone No. 1 shows a rider on horseback, sculptured in low relief
within a rectangular border, in rather an archaic style, suggestive of
the similar figures so common on the sculptured stones of the period
of the early Celtic Church.
T Wallace 1911
Field Visit (9 February 1970)
St Lawrence's Church - possibly of 16/17th century date, with no trace of earlier structure - is built of random masonry, roughly coursed with rubble infilling and measures approx 22.0m by 6.8m within a wall 1.0m thick. The SW gable and the NW wall stand to a maximum height of c.2.5 m, and part of the SE wall survives as a foundation, but the NE gable is destroyed. Graves occupy the interior. The burial ground is still in use.
The stone bearing the horse and rider, and the two cup-marked stones, could not be located and there is no local knowledge of them.
Visited by OS (R D) 9 Feburary 1970
