Tullich, St Nathalan's Kirk, Tullich 10
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Tullich, St Nathalan's Kirk, Tullich 10
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Tullich Churchyard
Canmore ID 319713
Site Number NO39NE 2.11
NGR NO 39050 97548
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319713
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Glenmuick, Tullich And Glengairn
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Tullich 10 (St Nathalan), Aberdeenshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.25m, D 0.06m
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 the kirkyard prior to 1902.
Present condition: weathered and the base may be truncated.
Description
This kite-shaped slab is incised on one broad face with an outline Latin cross, the arms of which extend to the edges of the stone apparently without terminals, and the shaft is short and lacks a carved terminal.
Date: early medieval
References: Geddes, Murray & Murray 2015, 256.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
