Latheron, West Byres, Barn And Cross Slab
Barn (Period Unknown), Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Latheron, West Byres, Barn And Cross Slab
Classification Barn (Period Unknown), Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Lat 256; Latheron Post Office; Latheron Mains Farmhouse
Canmore ID 8143
Site Number ND13SE 26
NGR ND 1990 3341
NGR Description ND 1990 3341 and ND 1981 3351
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Latheron 3, Caithness, cross-slab fragment
Measurements: H 0.69m, W 0.33m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: ND 1981 3315
Present location: West Byres, Latheron
Evidence for discovery: found built into the W wall of a barn.
Present condition: broken but carving good.
Description
The shaft and central part of cross-head of an incised cross survives, with closed-circle armpits (5mm in diameter), and a hint that the arms were expanded.
Date: eighth or ninth century.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
ND13SE 26 1990 3341 and 1981 3351
See also ND13SE 31, ND23SE 27 and ND13SE 142.
A stone incised with a portion of a Celtic cross is built into the W wall of the old barn by the roadside, about 1/4 mile S of Latheron Post Office. Measuring 2ft 3ins long by 1ft 1ins broad, it is situated 3ft 9ins above the ground, 13ft from the N end of the wall. The upper arm of the cross and the greater part of the side arms have gone but the stem remains for a length of 1ft 6ins and increases in width from 6ins at the intersection to 8 1/2ins at its present termination. The angles at the points of intersection are filled with circular discs 2ins in diameter.
RCAHMS 1911.
Not located. Possibly removed to a local garden (information from G Watson, Thurso).
C E Batey 1982
Field Visit (25 March 1968)
This stone, at ND 1981 3315, is as described by the RCAHMS.
Surveyed at 1:2500.
Visited by OS (N K B) 25 March 1968.
Field Visit (14 October 1982)
This cross-slab is now at ND 1990 3341, built into the wall coming off the SE corner of the farmhouse at Latheron Mains, at a distance of 6.8m from the corner.
Visited by OS (JM), 14 October 1982.
