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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 5
Canmore ID 259959
Site Number NN74NW 41.03
NGR NN 742 470
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/259959
- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Fortingall
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
Fortingall 5 (Coeti of Iona), Perthshire, cross-slab
Measurements: H 1.15m, W0.34m to 0.45m
Stone type: brown schist
Place of discovery: NN 7416 4701
Present location: mounted against south wall of church.
Evidence for discovery: re-used as the threshold slab for the kirkyard gate and moved to its present location sometime after 1996.
Present condition: very worn.
Description
Towards the narrower end of this slab is incised a simple linear cross, using a broad smoothed groove.
Date: seventh to ninth century.
References: Robertson 1997, 140-1.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NN74NW 41.03 742 470
In use as the threshold of the kirkyard gates with one of the iron gateposts rivetted to one end. A large, flat, roughly rectangular slab, incised towards one end, with a broad shallow cross, clear but worn. Length 116cm. The stone tapers towards the top end. Width at cross arm 39cm. Maximum width near lower end c.46cm. Original dimensions of the cross are difficult to measure because of the erosion of the stone by feet.
N [M] Robertson 1988.
