Ardross Description of stone
Event ID 1017533
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017533
Ardross 2, Stittenham, Ross & Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.34m, W 0.32m, D 0.10m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 650 743
Present location: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (INVMG 00.208)
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 beast head, facing right, lacking only the lower part of its body. It has a scrolled chest, two pricked ears, large oval eye and long slender muzzle.
Date: seventh century
References: ECMS pt 3, 55-6; Fraser 2008, no 118.2.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
