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Latitude: 57.5748 / 57°34'29"N
Longitude: -3.9649 / 3°57'53"W
OS Eastings: 282585
OS Northings: 855563
OS Grid: NH825555
Mapcode National: GBR J8LP.SLN
Mapcode Global: WH4G1.2V6Y
Entry Name: Kebbuck Stone, Cross Slab
Scheduled Date: 29 March 2001
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM9433
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Crosses and carved stones: cross slab
Location: Nairn
County: Highland
Electoral Ward: Culloden and Ardersier
Traditional County: Nairnshire
The monument, known as the Kebbuck Stone or the Wester Delnies Stone, comprises the remains of a much eroded early Christian carved cross slab.
The Kebbuck Stone is an upright cross-slab of grey sandstone, rectangular, measuring 1.8m by 1.1m by 0.5m. It was reportedly sculptured in relief on one face with a cross with semicircular hollows between the arms and a circle in the centre. However, the stone is so weathered and lichen-covered that it is extremely difficult to make out any carvings.
The whole of the back, which was probably once sculptured, is defaced by deeply scored hollows and a later incised circle. Allen and Anderson classed the stone as a Class III Pictish Symbol Stone. However they compare it to the class II cross-slabs at Nigg, Shandwick and Hilton of Cadboll, on the N side of the Moray Firth.
In 1896 what is described as a 'stone lined grave' orientated E-W was found in close vicinity to the stone. There are no indications that the stone is not in it original location.
The area to be scheduled is a circle of 5m diameter, centred on the cross slab to include the cross and an area around within which related material may be expected to be found, as marked in red on the accompanying map extract.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of the information that it provides and has the potential to provide, concerning the art, religion, and burial customs of the inhabitants of the region during the early Christian period. Its importance is enhanced by the survival of other cross slabs in the region and by the possibility that it remains in situ.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
RCAHMS records the monument as NH 85 NW 27.
Bibliography:
Allen, J. R. and Anderson, J. (1903) The early Christian monuments of Scotland: a classified illustrated descriptive list of the monuments with an analysis of their symbolism and ornamentation, Edinburgh, pt. 2, 51: pt. 3, 117-18.
RCAHMS (1978) The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of Nairn District, Highland Region, The archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland series no. 5, Edinburgh, 17, No. 121.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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