Tullich, St Nathalan's Kirk, Tullich 7
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Tullich, St Nathalan's Kirk, Tullich 7
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Tullich Churchyard
Canmore ID 319710
Site Number NO39NE 2.08
NGR NO 39050 97548
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319710
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Tullich 7 (St Nathalan), Aberdeenshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.72m, W 0.43m, D 0.21m tapering downwards to 0.24m
Stone type: grey granite
Place of discovery: NO c 390 975
Present location: stored off-site for conservation; a new display shelter in the kirkyard is planned.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1878 built into the interior south wall of the church. It was removed and placed in a railed enclosure against the outside north wall.
Present condition: weathered and in places the carving is now very faint.
Description
This long rectangular slab is lightly incised with an outline cross, which spans the width and length of the slab. It is thus likely to have been a recumbent monument.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
References: Geddes, Murray & Murray 2015, 255.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
