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Fortingall, Parish Church

Cross Slab (Early Medieval)

Site Name Fortingall, Parish Church

Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Fortingall No.2

Canmore ID 243459

Site Number NN74NW 10.02

NGR NN 7 4

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Perth And Kinross
  • Parish Fortingall
  • Former Region Tayside
  • Former District Perth And Kinross
  • Former County Perthshire

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Fortingall 2 (Coeti of Iona), Perthshire, cross-slab fragment

Measurements: H 0.26m, W 0.24m, D 0.04m

Stone type: grey sandstone

Place of discovery: NN 7416 4701

Present location: within the east end of the church at Fortingall.

Evidence for discovery: found in the late nineteenth century in the walls of the church when it was demolished.

Present condition: broken edges and worn surfaces.

Description

This fragment is a central portion of a very thin cross-slab carved in relief on both faces with part of a ringed cross-head outlined by roll mouldings. Face A shows the lower arm or shaft of a plain cross with a ring containing double-strand interlace, and a similar cross-head on face C has a ring filled with spiral work. In both cases the shallow curved armpits are closed by a straight length of roll moulding, with spirals in the angle between the moulding and the ring of the cross.

Date: eighth or ninth century.

References: ECMS pt 3, 509; Robertson 1997, 138-9.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2016

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