Slate Carved with a Heraldic Lion

A piece of slate, carved on both sides with outlines of heraldic animals (probably lions). It was found in the wall of the medieval kitchen on Eilean Mor. The slate may have been a test piece by a medieval craftsman. In the Middle Ages the islands of Eilean Mor and Eilean na Comhairle on Loch Finlaggan were the ceremonial base of the Lords of the Isles and their Council. [Original Object: 128mm x…