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 319888
Site Number NG20NE 1.06
NGR NG 2692 0553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319888
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
A’ Chill 6 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-slab fragments
Measurements: H 1.20m, W 0.26m, D 0.10m
Stone type: Torridonian sandstone
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in the burial ground at A’ Chill.
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 broken into two fragments.
Description
Towards the top of this pillar-like slab is incised a Latin cross with forked terminals.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Reference (2001)
(6) Burial-ground. Waterworn pillar of Torridonian sandstone, 1.2m by 0.26m by 100mm thick and broken into two unequal parts. It bears a Latin cross with forked terminals, 0.25m high and 0.15m in span, formed with a shallow U-section groove. (Collingwood, W G, in The Antiquary, 42 (1906), 372).
I Fisher 2001
