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Publication drawings; St Kilda, cross-marked stones.
DC 41528
Description Publication drawings; St Kilda, cross-marked stones.
Date 15/4/1987
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number DC 41528
Category Prints and Drawings
Scope and Content Cross-incised stone, House 16, St Kilda, Inverness-shire From the 6th to the 8th centuries monks from Ireland were founding monasteries, often within enclosures, on Scotland's west coast. It is likely that some Early Christian settlers came to St Kilda. A visitor in 1697 found three chapels. This complete cross, built into the wall of House 16, was found by John Sands, an antiquarian, in 1876. It probably came from Christ Church, one of the chapels. Similar crosses have been found in graveyards in Argyll, the Western Isles and Shetland. Some of the crosses are dated to between the 7th and 9th centuries and some to the 10th-14th centuries. It is not possible to say whether this cross was the work of a pre-Norse or a late Norse/early medieval community. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
Scale 1:10
Medium Ink on film
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