Monument record MHG5602 - St. Columba's Church, Canna
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2695 0552 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG20NE |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | SMALL ISLES |
| Geographical Area | LOCHABER |
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NG20NE 2 2695 0553.
(NG 2695 0553) Stone Cross (NR) (Sculptured)
OS 6" map, Inverness-shire, 2nd ed., (1903)
A free-standing cross of yellow sandstone situated in the old burial ground of St Columba's Church, Canna. It is c. 6 1/2' in height with one limb of the cross only remaining.
J Stuart 1867; RCAHMS 1928, visited 1925.
This cross (as described and illustrated by RCAHMS) still stands within the site of the old burial ground.
Visited by OS (A A) 12 January 1972.
Cross, A'Chill. Worn shaft and one arm of a cross, perhaps of the 8th or 9th centuries, the W face carved with intertwined figures and a panel of key pattern, the E more robustly with figures including animals, a horseman and perhaps the Holy Family.
J Gifford 1992.
Sources/Archives (5)
- --- SHG2023 Text/Publication/Volume: Campbell, J L. 1984. Canna: the story of a Hebridean island. 4th. Paper (Original). pls. 6, 16, 17.
- --- SHG2247 Text/Publication/Monograph: Gifford, J. 1992. Highland and Islands. The Buildings of Scotland. Paper (Original). 232.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 215-16, No. 678.
- --- SHG350 Text/Publication/Monograph: Stuart, J. 1856. Sculptured stones of Scotland. 1. Vol. 2, 28-9.
- --- SHG351 Text/Publication/Monograph: Stuart, J. 1867. Sculptured Stones of Scotland. 2. 28; pl 100 & 101.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
