Survey Data
Reg No
40904415
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Architectural, Artistic
Original Use
Monument
In Use As
Monument
Date
1910 - 1915
Coordinates
205457, 417956
Date Recorded
12/01/2017
Date Updated
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Description
Freestanding cut-limestone Celtic High Cross-style monument, dated 1911. Inscribed (west): "TO THE GLORY OF GOD/AND IN HONOUR OF St. COLUMBA/THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED BY/CORNELIA ADAIR SEPTEMBER 1911" and (east): "St. COLUMBA". Set in lawned area with mild steel "estate railings" to perimeter.
Appraisal
A Celtic High Cross-style monument erected (1911) by Cornelia Wadsworth Ritchie Adair (1837-1921) of Glenveagh Castle near or on the spot traditionally given as the birthplace of Saint Colmcille. The spot was previously marked by rock art labelled as "Saint Columbkille's Stone" on the first Ordnance Survey.