What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Islay, Kilchoman, Cross-slab as Cross Slab (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Medieval in date, the Kilchoman Cross-slab likely served a Christian funerary or commemorative purpose, reflecting the spread of Christianity in western Scotland during the 7th to 10th centuries. Its carved cross may also have had symbolic or ritual significance within the local community.
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Places near here
Kilchoman Cross-slabHeritage attraction · 5 yd
Islay, Kilchoman, Kilchomann Military CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 94 yd
Islay, KilchomanSchool (19th Century), Township (post Medieval) · 333 yd
Islay, Kilchoman, Old Parish Church, Kilchoman Cross and Burial GroundBurial Ground (early Medieval) - (post Medieval), Cross (medieval), Grave Slab (medieval) · 349 yd
Islay, Kilchoman, Kilchoman HouseManse (19th Century) · 354 yd
Kilchoman CrossHeritage attraction · 360 yd
Islay, Creag MhorCave (period Unassigned) · 389 yd
Islay, Kilchoman, CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 407 yd
TurnaichaidhMountain / peak · 880 yd
Islay, TurnaichaidhSettlement (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1052 yd
Loch Gorm CastleRuins · 2.0 mi
Kilchiaran BayBay · 2.1 mi