Canna, A' Chill, St Columba's Chapel
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Canna, A' Chill, St Columba's Chapel
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Keill, St. Columba's Chapel; Canna House; Canna 2
Canmore ID 319887
Site Number NG20NE 1.05
NGR NG 2692 0553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
A’ Chill 5 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.24m, W 0.13m, D 0.08m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in Canna House.
Evidence for discovery: found in the burial-ground at A’ Chill. It is likely to have come from the earlier burial ground close to cross no 12.
Present condition: water-worn and the base is missing.
Description
This small slab is incised with a Latin cross with a long shaft.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Reference (2001)
(5) Canna House. Small pillar of buff Torridonian sandstone, 0.24m by 0.13m by 75mm thick. The surfaces are very smooth and probably water-worn, including the foot which may nevertheless be incomplete. On one face there is a Latin cross which extends from the present foot of the slab to within 20mm of the top and has a span of 95mm. It is defined by broad shallow grooves with some evidence of pocking. The right terminal appears to be expanded, but this is the result of flaking at the edge. Along the left edge of the same face there are some thin incisions which do not form any discernible pattern.
I Fisher 2001
