Monument record MHG9522 - Cross Slab, Cnoc Na Dalach Baile
Summary
No summary available.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NC 8310 6493 (10m by 10m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NC86SW |
| Geographical Area | SUTHERLAND |
| Old County | SUTHERLAND |
| Civil Parish | FARR |
Map
Type and Period (2)
Full Description
Cross Slab (NR) OS 6" map (1962)
A recumbent slab lying in open moorland and bearing an incised cross of a type otherwise unknown in Scotland and Ireland, only known parallels being in County Durham, Radnorshire and Carmarthenshire. It lies NE-SW and is irregularly shaped of roughly hewn local sandstone and measures 4ft 6inches by 1ft 9 inches by 8 inches thick and is sculptured on one face only. The latin cross has rounded ends to shaft and arms with circular depressions in the middle of each. Parallel incised lines are cut down sides of the shaft and arms.
RCAHMS 1911
The cross-slab is as described but it covers a cist-like structure now filled with small stones. Visited by OS (WDJ) 1960
The cross-slab lies in a hollow. There is no evidence of a cist-like structure and likewise of any significant stones.
Visited by OS (AA) 1972
No change to latest field report. The absence of the stones in the photograph (1960) seems explained by a small marker cairn just by the cross-slab. Visited by OS (JM) 1977
Sources/Archives (17)
- --- SHG11635 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11636 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11637 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11638 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11639 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11640 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11641 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11642 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11643 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG11644 Image/Photograph(s): Priest's Stone, Strathy.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12420 Image/Photograph(s): Strathy, Dail a' Bhaite.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12421 Image/Photograph(s): Strathy, Dail a' Bhaite.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12422 Image/Photograph(s): Strathy, Dail a' Bhaite.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12423 Image/Photograph(s): Strathy, Dail a' Bhaite.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG12424 Image/Photograph(s): Strathy, Dail a' Bhaite.. Colour Slide; Digital Image. .
- --- SHG2657 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1911. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Second report and inventory of monuments and constructions in the county of Sutherland. .
- --- SHG3008 Text/Publication/Article: Alexander Munro. 1900. ''Note on an incised stone cross at Strathy, Sutherlandshire.', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 34 1900, p.252-4. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 252-4. 252-4.
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Protected Status/Designation
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Record last edited
Mar 26 2015 11:06AM
