NMS Archaeology Object 167048: X.IB 31 - Slab


Description

Summary


Slab of blue gneiss with interlacing patterns, from St. Asaph's Island of Berneray, Inverness-shire


Accession Number


X.IB 31


Other references

Not recorded1870

Original description

SCULPTURED STONES, CROSSES, ETC. Slab of blue Gneiss, interlacing patterns, St. Asaph's Island of Berneray, Outer Hebrides. Anon notes, ECM 113, fig. 117; and 41 1/2 x 20 3/4 x 4 1/4; and, 'Island of' and 'Outer Hebrides' added.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

St Asaph's, Berneray, Harris, Inverness-shire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1870

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

A.A. Carmichael

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Donor

Image

Image of Slab of blue gneiss with interlacing patterns, from St. Asaph
Image of Slab of blue gneiss with interlacing patterns, from St. Asaph's Island of Berneray, Inverness-shire © National Museums Scotland

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