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Inverurie
Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name Inverurie
Classification Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Old Inverurie Churchyard; Inverurie Cemetery
Canmore ID 191752
Site Number NJ72SE 11.06
NGR NJ 7802 2062
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/191752
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Inverurie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Inverurie 6, Aberdeenshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 0.42m, W 0.31m, D 0.13m
Stone type: granite
Place of discovery: NJ 7802 2062
Present location: lost?.
Evidence for discovery: photographed in Inverurie churchyard in 1903 by James Ritchie.
Present condition:
Description
This was a disc-headed cross with a tapering tenon. The head was deeply incised with an equal-armed linear cross on both sides, in such a way that the side and upper arms meet at the edges.
Date: early medieval.
References: Ritchie 1911, 343-5, no 2.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
