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Object type: Slab
Measurements: H. 20.3 cm (8 in); W. 17.2 > 15 cm (6.75 > 5.9 in); D. 3.75 cm (1.5 in)
Stone type: Medium-grained, massive yellow sandstone
Plate numbers in printed volume: Pl. 164.864-866
Corpus volume reference: Vol 1 p. 170
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The back has been dressed smooth and so has the top. The base and sides are chipped.
A (broad): On the front a cross, type A1, has been grooved into the surface. On the lower left quadrant there is a deep chip which seems to be secondary.
Coquet Island housed a religious community by the end of the seventh century, and possibly continued to be occupied during the pre-Conquest period.[1] This stone could well be a grave-marker from the early monastic cemetery. Its main distinction is the triangular top which is unique in the Northumbrian series. This form of cross on slabs is found at Iona (R.C.A.H.M.S. 1982, 182, nos. 18, 20-1).
