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Illustrated catalogue of sculptural fragments found at Tarbat to April 1999

(All drawings by Ian G Scott except for TR32, 33, 36-38 by Trevor Pearson, and TR 35 by Elizabeth Hooper Drawings not to scale as presented - see written dimensions)

Description of item:

TR1: Lower part of a cross-slab including the tenon. Face 1: Border of vine-scroll ornament similar to that on Hilton of Cadboll, containing part of an unidentified figurative scene. Face 2, side: Crescent and V-rod; a serpent and Z-rod; an animal. Face 3, side: interlace. 3'8" x 2'1" x 6". Originally part of a monument c. 3m high. Found before 1856. [IB190; ECMS, III, 73-75, no.1; Stuart 1856, plate xxx].

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