Canmore Site 16487: DRAINIE - DRAINIE - CROSS SLAB (EARLY MEDIEVAL)


Description

Site NameDRAINIE
Other Name(s)KINNEDDAR CHURCH, DRAINIE NO. 14
Site NumberNJ26NW 3.14
Broad ClassMONUMENT (BY FORM), RELIGIOUS RITUAL AND FUNERARY
Site Type(s)CROSS SLAB (EARLY MEDIEVAL)
NGRNJ 2227 6960
Local AuthorityMORAY
ParishDRAINIE
Record created1988-02-29
Last updated2004-10-11

Archaeology Notes

NJ26NW 3.14 223 696. A portion of a sculptured slab of reddish sandstone, 17ins by 10ins, bearing on one side two contiguous rows of incised diagonal fretwork, from Drainie (parish name centred NJ 22 68) was donated to RMS (NMAS) in 1885. Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1885. No. 14. The fragmentary remains of a Class 3 slab of sandstone, measuring 0.45m x 0.27m x 0.04m, and bearing 2 panels of key pattern in incised lines. Found in the old churchyard 1884. Presented to the NMAS by the Rev Alexander Gordon, 1885. Now in RMS Acc. No. IB.118. Information from R Jones 1980.

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