Riasg Buidhe
Riasg Buidhe (also called Reasagbuie) is a village in the east of the Scottish island of Colonsay , which was abandoned in 1918 and belongs to the Inner Hebrides and the county of Argyll and Bute . It is located about 15 miles south of the Isle of Mull .
In Riasg Buidhe a cross-slab from the 7th or 8th century was found, which has been located in Kiloran at “Colonsay House” and Park (built in 1722) since 1870 . The spring "Tobar Odhrain" ( English St Orans well ) is in the immediate vicinity .
The barely noticeable cross-shaped plate shows a solemn face with pronounced eyebrows and ears. The bearded chin rests on the upper end of a cross with two opposing spirals on the cross arms which ends in a fish tail at the bottom. The representation has no parallels in Scotland, but can be compared with contemporary examples from Ireland .
Riasg Buidhe is a Scheduled Monument .
See also
literature
- George Henderson, Isabel Henderson: The Art of the Picts. Sculpture and Metalwork in early medieval Scotland. Thames and Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-23807-3 .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 4 ′ 52 ″ N , 6 ° 10 ′ 15 ″ W.