Kildalton Small Cross

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Kildalton Small Cross

The Kildalton Small Cross , and Thief's Cross ( thieves Cross called), is a Celtic cross on the Scottish Hebridean island of Islay . It is located in the southeast of the island near the settlements of Kintour and Ardmore . The cross is a few meters outside the cemetery at Kildalton Chapel . It is placed in category B on the UK List of Monuments . To distinguish it from the Kildalton Cross located within the cemetery , it is called the Kildalton Small Cross .

Little is known about the origin of the Kildalton Small Cross. It probably dates from the period between 1350 and 1500. The 1.94 m high cross corresponds to the design as it was established on the island of Iona and is probably still in its original place. The Kildalton Small Cross shows the usual ornaments and figures of saints. The cross stands on a small cairn .

It is not known why the cross was erected outside the consecrated cemetery. It could be a private memorial. It is commonly claimed that a thief is said to be buried there who was denied burial in consecrated ground, which is where the common name Thief's Cross comes from.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
  2. ^ Norman Newton: Islay. Revised edition. Pevensey Press, Newton Abbot 1995, ISBN 0-907115-90-X , pp. 36-39.
  3. ^ Entry in the Gazetteer for Scotland
  4. ↑ Kenneth A. Steer, John WM Bannerman: Late Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the West Highlands. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Edinburgh 1977, ISBN 0-11-491383-8 , p. 37.
  5. ↑ Kenneth A. Steer, John WM Bannerman: Late Medieval Monumental Sculpture in the West Highlands. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, Edinburgh 1977, ISBN 0-11-491383-8 , p. 42.
  6. ↑ Kildalton Small Cross on islayinfo.com

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Coordinates: 55 ° 41 '4.4 "  N , 6 ° 2' 41.9"  W.