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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

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Small Isles
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Lochaber
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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

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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

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