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Dunkeld, Dunkeld Cathedral, Cross-slab

Cross Slab (early Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dunkeld, Dunkeld Cathedral, Cross-slab as Cross Slab (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dated to the early Medieval period, likely 8th to 10th century, the cross-slab at Dunkeld Cathedral may have served a Christian commemorative or liturgical function, reflecting the spread of Christianity in Pictish Scotland. Its design may incorporate both Pictish and later Celtic artistic traditions.

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