Middle Kames
Cross Incised Rock (Early Medieval)
Site Name Middle Kames
Classification Cross Incised Rock (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 39944
Site Number NR98NW 11
NGR NR 918 888
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/39944
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Kilmichael Glassary
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Argyll And Bute
- Former County Argyll
Reference (1987)
This remarkable stone was brought to the President's notice by Mr H.D. McGregor, who found it during felling operations on Forestry ground near Lochgair. It is sited at NR 918888, above the A83 where there are several bends at Mid Kames. It is a plano-convex portion of a boulder, set on edge, and measuring 25" in height and 38" in width. The carving is on the flat surface. The initials of the personal name ingeniously use an ancient cross with expanded ends. The cross itself is a puzzle, for we know of no adjacent religious foundation for the which it could have served as a termon cross connected with a sanctuary. It must be presumed that it is in its original position.
M Campbell 1987
