Monument record MHG25041 - Cross - St. Donan's Chapel, Kildonnan, Eigg
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NM 4888 8531 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
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| Map sheet | NM48NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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See also:
NM48NE0075 Graveyard
NM48NE0019 Church
J Aitken : 11/12/02
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Renumbered from NM48NE0019A
See NM48NE0019 Chapel and burial ground (parent)
Jhooper, 5/6/2002
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NM48NE 19.01 4887 8533
Casts of 4 cross-slabs and a late 14th c. cross shaft at St Donan's are in NMAS together with that of parts of a head and shaft of another cross featuring a hunting scene.
RCAHMS 1928, visited 1925; OPS 1854; D Monro 1549; M Martin 1934; Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1933; 1934
C14th cross-shaft is mounted on a modern base on a rise to the S of the church, and the head and part of the shaft of another with similar decoration lies against it.
Visited by OS (AA) 8 May 1972
Slide of cross in Assoc. Docs.
A number of the carved stones discovered here are now displayed in the porch of The Lodge, Galmisdale.
Information from RCAHMS (LMcC) 9 November 2009 <1>
Sources/Archives (1)
- <1> SHG23282 Interactive Resource/Online Database: RCAHMS. Canmore, online database of the Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS). Canmore ID 22152.
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2015 4:40PM
