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Old Photograph Crucifixion Cross Churchyard Kilmartin Scotland
Old photograph of the Crucifixion Cross in the churchyard of the Parish Church in Kilmartin, Argyll, Scotland. This medieval sculptured cross shaft originally stood in the churchyard at Kilmartin, Argyll, but has now been removed to within the church itself. On the face of the cross is the figure of the crucified Christ. The cross, which has no inscription, belongs to the Loch Awe branch of West Highland style of stone carving. Kilmartin is a small village in Argyll and Bute, best known as the centre of Kilmartin Glen, an area with one of the richest concentrations of prehistoric monuments and historical sites in Scotland. It contains over 350 monuments within a 6 mile radius. Kilmartin Parish Church is a congregation of the Church of Scotland. The present church building was designed by architect James Gordon Davis and opened in 1835, though there had been earlier churches on the site. The churchyard has an important collection of early Christian and medieval carved stones, known as the Kilmartin Stones. Some are displayed within the parish church itself, others have been gathered into lapidaria within the graveyard, others still remain lying within it.
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