Monument record MHG2399 - Cross Slab, Mid Clyth
Summary
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 2938 3728 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND23NE |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | LATHERON |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
A cross-incised slab, 3ft 5ins by 1ft 11ins by 5ins, was found many years before 1910 built into a stone dyke. It is now used as a cover on the top of the wall around the well containing the machinery of a horse mill, at the back of the farmhouse of Roadside, Mid Clyth.
RCAHMS 1911, visited 1910.
This cross-inscribed slab, as described and illustrated by the RCAHMS, was removed from the horse mill at ND 2941 3728 when the mill was destroyed in 1930, and built into the corner of a new byre at ND 2939 3728 (info from A O Sinclair, Greenhill, Mid Clyth, Caithness). Its original position cannot be ascertained, but it probably came from the graveyard 180 m to the E, where a similar stone (ND23NE 4) stands on the site of a Roman Catholic chapel.
Surveyed at 1:2500. Visited by OS (N K B) 10 May 1967.
Sources/Archives (3)
- --- SHG11656 Image/Photograph(s): Cross-Slab, Mid Clyth.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2664 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Third report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Caithness. . 81, No. 296; illust.
- --- SHG3470 Text/Publication/Volume: George Watson. Caithness Chapel Sites.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
