Loch Kinord Cross Slab
The Cross Slab Loch Kinord (also Aboyne Castle or Celtic Cross slab called) stands near the northern shore of Lake Loch Kinord in Aberdeenshire in Scotland .
The approximately 1.9 m high, 0.94 m wide and about 0.3 m thick cross slab of class III dates from the 8th or 9th century, is made of pink granite and damaged in places. In the middle of the 19th century the stone stood near the destroyed chapel on a hill on the north bank of Loch Kinord, later it was placed on the site of Aboyne Castle . In 1959 it was restored and moved back to the vicinity of its original location and fenced off.
description
An ornate ring cross is carved in relief on one of the wide surfaces of the roughly diamond-shaped plate, which takes up most of the available space. The cross is filled with continuous wickerwork, which gives the impression of triqueta knots in the side arms and forms four ring knots in the upper arm. The cross is outlined by a roll band that forms a spiral at the corners of the arm ends and a semi-spiral at the base of the shaft. The round axle holes are closed by arcs.
To the west of the loch is Burn O'Vat , a gorge with a visitor center, while to the east of the loch is a crannóg , an artificial island, and south of the lake is the basement of Kinord .
Individual evidence
- ↑ In The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland of 1903 J. Romilly Allen (1847–1907) and Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) divided the Pict stones into three groups.
Web links
- Description Engl. and picture
- Entry on Loch Kinord Cross Slab in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- Description Engl. and picture
Coordinates: 57 ° 5 ′ 5.6 " N , 2 ° 55 ′ 32" W.