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 319893
Site Number NG20NE 1.11
NGR NG 2692 0553
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319893
- Council Highland
- Parish Small Isles
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Lochaber
- Former County Inverness-shire
A’ Chill 11 (St Columba), Canna, Skye & Lochalsh, cross-incised boulder
Measurements: H 0.32m, W 0.23m, D 0.13m
Stone type: basalt boulder
Place of discovery: NG 2691 0540
Present location: in Canna House.
Evidence for discovery: found in a field wall at A’ Chill in 1965.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This irregularly shaped boulder is lightly incised with two small circles, each with a vertical line running downwards from the circle like a shaft. There is also a carved groove on the reverse.
Date range: seventh or eighth century.
Primary references: Fisher 2001, 96-7.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
Reference (2001)
(11) Canna House. Rough boulder of basalt, 0.32m by 0.23m by 0.13m, found in a field-wall at A' Chill in 1965. It bears two thinly-cut and irregular circles, about 10mm apart and respectively 40mm and 50mm in diameter, each having a shaft which runs through the centre and extends about 55mm beyond the perimeter. This carving is of uncertain period and significance, but it may represent the setting-out of an intended cross, perhaps as a trial exercise. The back bears a groove or rebate which appears to be artificial.
I Fisher 2001
