Islay, Kilchoman, Cross-slab
Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Sanctuary Marker (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Islay, Kilchoman, Cross-slab
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval), Sanctuary Marker (Early Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Kilchoman 1
Canmore ID 37434
Site Number NR26SW 1
NGR NR 21977 63144
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/37434
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilchoman
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR26SW 1 2197 6314.
(NR 2199 6312) Standing Stone (NR) (Sculptured) (NAT)
OS 6" map, Argyllshire, 2nd ed., (1900)
A stone, 3ft high, bearing a cross within an oval, thus, identical to NR26SW 9.
Name Book 1878
It is not certain that this is a sanctuary cross. It is a probably 8th century, roughly cruciform stone bearing a Latin cross in relief upon which is incised a linear cross with splayed terminals. It now lies prone in a field and is slowly weathering away.
W D Lamont 1972.
A sanctuary cross. (See NR26SW 10).
Information from RCAHMS
Field Visit (3 May 1978)
NR 2197 6314. A cross-slab as described.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (B S) 3 May 1978.
Field Visit (October 1982)
(Now in Museum of Islay Life, Port Charlotte)
(1) Roughly cruciform slab of local amphibolite-gneiss, 0.99m long by 0.43m across the arms. On one face it bears in relief a Latin cross, on which is superimposed a linear incised cross with forked terminals. The latter cross is interrupted at the intersection of the cross-arms by a small boss, round which an outer band is suggested by the expanded inner terminals of its limbs. (Stuart 1856-67; Graham, 1895; Allen and Anderson 1903).
Visited October 1982
RCAHMS 1984
Measured Survey (1983)
A measured drawing of the Early Christian cross-marked stone Kilchoman 1, held at the Museum of Islay Life, was made at 1:10 by RCAHMS. The ink drawing of the decorated face was reproduced at 1:15 (RCAHMS 1984, fig. 198A).
External Reference (3 February 1998)
This cross-slab or possible sanctuary marker has been moved.
Information from WOSAS (C Flower) 3 February 1998.
Reference (2001)
Roughly cruciform slab which formerly lay beside track 380m ESE of church. It is 0.99m by 0.43m, bearing in low relief a Latin cross with square armpits. A superimposed linear cross with forked terminals is interrupted at the centre by a small boss. (Museum of Islay Life).
I Fisher 2001.
