Kilnave Cross
The Kilnave Cross is in Kilnave , west of the church ruins of Kilnave , on the Ardnave peninsula , 4.5 km north of Gruinart and about 100 m west of the inlet Loch Gruinart , on the Scottish island of Islay , which leads to the Inner Hebrides and belongs to the Unitary Authority Argyll and Bute . The cross and the chapel are listed in the national register of monuments in category B.
The heavily weathered early Christian, ringless cross with the damaged ends probably dates from the 5th century. Historic Scotland , on the other hand, estimates that it was built in the 12th century.
It consists of a thin plate made of the locally widespread “Torridonian” rock. Some features connect the 2.63 m high cross with the originally 1.04 m long arms with the tradition of Iona . Two grooved panels from the original base are still in place. They belong to an arrangement of four upright plates that form a box that acts as a protection for the cross.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Listed Building - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ↑ a b Entry on Kilnave Cross in Canmore, the database of Historic Environment Scotland (English)
literature
- John Romilly Allen: Early Christian symbolism in Great Britain and Ireland before the thirteenth century (= The Rhind Lectures in Archeology. 1885, ZDB -ID 1035191-7 ). Whiting, London 1887, ( digitized version ).
Coordinates: 55 ° 51 ′ 37.2 ″ N , 6 ° 20 ′ 25 ″ W.