Notes on some Sculptured Slabs and Headstones in the Churchyards of Glenconvinth and Kirkhill, Inverness-shire

Abstract

The oldest stone at Glenconvinth shows a rider on horseback, sculptured in low relief\r\nwithin a rectangular border. A rare slab of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, and a third ornnate recumbent slab with a central cross, having a circular head at either end of the shaft, the space on one side of the shaft being filled by a scrollwork pattern, and on the other by a sword, a comb and shears, and a number of small circular rosettes are also described along with two cup-marked stones. At Kirkhill a recumbent slab has a cross sculptured in low relief, with a wheel-head ornamented with a geometric pattern of incuse triangles, the shaft rising from a calvary base of four steps. In the space on one side of the shaft, about a third of its length from the top, is a symbol resembling a pair of shears, and on the other side a book. Three seventeenth century stones are also described.