Castle Of Fiddes
Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Font (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Castle Of Fiddes
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Font (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 37025
Site Number NO88SW 17
NGR NO 8243 8128
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37025
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kinneff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
Castle of Fiddes, Aberdeenshire (former Kincardineshire), cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.29m, W 0.28m, D 0.11m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 8243 8128
Present location: privately owned in Devon (2006).
Evidence for discovery: found amongst rubble after renovations to farm outbuildings in 1964, and kept at the castle until taken to Devon.
Present condition: broken and damaged.
Description
Carved in low relief on both sides, his fragment was part of the upper portion of a cross-slab with a rounded top. Face A bears part of the upper and right-hand arms of a cross, outlined by a roll moulding and infilled with loose interlace, with a ring filled with traces of key pattern. The terminals of the arms and the opening of the circular armpit are ornamented with spirals, and there is an additional circle within the armpit. Face B bears a flatband moulding along its edge but otherwise appears to be plain.
Date: ninth or tenth century.
References: Borland 2006.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
Field Visit (4 December 1969)
NO88SW 17 8243 8128.
Part of the head of a Celtic cross-slab was found at NO 8243 8128, amongst rubble, after renovations to farm outbuildings at Castle of Fiddes (NO88SW 4) in 1964. It is preserved inside the castle.
Visited by OS (R L) 4 December 1969; Information from H Johnston, Castle of Fiddes.
Field Visit (March 2006)
The cross-slab fragment was removed from Castle of Fiddes in the 1970's and is now in private ownership in Devon. A stone font, probably of medieval date, was also removed from the site and taken to Devon.
Visited by RCAHMS (JB) March 2006
