Eilean Mor 3
Cross (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Eilean Mor 3
Classification Cross (Period Unassigned), Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 38644
Site Number NR67NE 8
NGR NR 666 752
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/38644
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish South Knapdale
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
NR67NE 8 66 75.
A slab, 26" x 12" x 13", incised with a cross, from Eilean Mor, was donated to the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland [NMAS] in 1862 by Sir J Y Simpson: Accession no: IB 17.
NMAS 1892; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903
A fragment of a cross-shaft, inscribed on both sides '-nfirmavimus in honore' and '-ni elimosinam obligamus' also from Eilean Mor, was donated to the NMAS in 1786. Nothing is known of the rest of this fragment, nor is there an obvious site for it.
M Campbell and M Sandeman 1964
Field Visit (16 May 1973)
No further information.
Visited by OS (DWR) 16 May 1973
Field Visit (August 1984)
3) Roughly triangular slab of chlorite-schist, 0.65m by 0.31m, presented by (Sir) J Y Simpson to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland in 1862. In the upper half it bears a deeply-incised cross 0.31m high and 0.16m across the arms, which are set just above mid-height. The terminals are barred, and the top one is enclosed by a relief moulding created by an incised rectangular frame. In each of the upper quadrants there is an obliquely-set triangular group of three holes. This feature, and the framed terminal, associates this stone with those at Duntaynish and Inverneill (Nos. 31,44),which were probably also removed from Eilen Mor. A 7th- or8th-century date is probable for all three stones. (PSAS, 4(1860-2), 551-2; SSS, 2, pU03, 2; ECMS, 3, fig.419).
RCAHMS 1992, visited August 1984
Reference (2001)
(3) Roughly triangular slab, 0.65m by 0.31m. It bears a deeply-incised cross 0.31m by 0.16m across the arms, which are set just above mid-height. The terminals are barred and the top one is enclosed by an incised frame to form a rectangular moulding. In the upper quadrants there are obliquely-set triangular groups of three holes (cf. Nos.31, 44). (NMS X.IB 17).
I Fisher 2001.
