Kinneff Parish Church
Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Site Name Kinneff Parish Church
Classification Cross Slab (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 251398
Site Number NO87SE 1.01
NGR NO 85542 74895
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/251398
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Kinneff
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Kincardine And Deeside
- Former County Kincardineshire
External Reference (1980)
NO87SE 1.01 85542 74895
A cross-slab of Early Christian date, now in the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, Accession no: IB 174), found in the burial ground in 1876, is believed to have come from the N wall of the church.
The weathered remains of a Class 3 cross-slab measuring 0.19m x 0.29m x 0.01m. It bears the head of a cross with circular insets at each angle. The left and top arms are complete while the other two are almost destroyed. In the Royal Museum of Scotland (RMS, formerly the NMAS) Accession no. IB 174.
Information from R Jones, 1980.
