The Riasg Buidhe Cross is a cross re-erected in the gardens of Colonsay House

Colonsay House

Colonsay House is a Georgian country house on the island of Colonsay, in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. It is a Category B listed building, and is now in the ownership of the Barons Strathcona...

 on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay

Colonsay

Colonsay is an island in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull and has an area of . It is the ancestral home of Clan Macfie and the Colonsay branch of Clan MacNeill. Aligned on a south-west to north-east axis, it measures in length and reaches at its widest...

, Scotland. Riasg Buidhe is also the name of a now ruined fishing village on the island of Colonsay.

Dating from the 7th or 8th century the cross was found in 1870 in Kiloran  at Colonsay House which was built in 1722. Near to the cross lies Tobar Oran (The well of St. Oran) of the Chapel of St. Oran

Chapel of St. Oran, Colonsay

The Chapel of St. Oran , was a chapel dedicated to Saint Oran at Kiloran located on the Inner Hebridean island of Colonsay, Scotland. It was located at ....

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The cross shows a solemn face with distinctive eyebrows and ears. The depicted face rests its chin on top of a cross with celtic decor. It has two opposite spirals on the cross legs and lower ends in a fishtail.

Reference

• David M. Wilson: The Art of the Picts - Sculpture and Metalwork in early medieval Scotland, London, Thames and Hudson 2004, ISBN 0-500-23807-3.