Ardross Description of stone
Event ID 1017532
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017532
Ardross 1, Stittenham, Ross & Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.49m, D 0.13m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 650 743
Present location: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (INVMG 00.209)
Evidence for discovery: found sometime before 1863 built into a wall at Stittenham.
Present condition: broken but carving clear except where flaking has occurred.
Description
This fragment is incised with a finely delineated wolf, padding along towards the right. Three of his four paws are missing along with much of his tail, but the body shows scroll joints and ear, rounded eye, and jaw open to show his tongue.
Date: seventh century
References: ECMS pt 3, 55-6; Fraser 2008, no 118.1.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017