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Description of stone
Event ID 1009769
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009769
Catstane, Midlothian, inscribed standing stone
Measurements: H 2.0m +, W max girth 3.65m
Stone type: whinstone
Place of discovery: NT 1489 7437
Present location: on the north side of the main E-W runway of Edinburgh International Airport.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1699 by Edward Llwyd and still in situ. The stone is thought to be a re-used Bronze Age standing stone. It became the focus for a large cemetery of burials in long cists.
Present condition:
Description
This rounded boulder bears on its east face an inscription in debased Latin capital letters, which reads ‘In this tomb lies Vetta, daughter of Victricius’.
Date: late fifth or early sixth century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 426-7; Rutherford & Ritchie 1974; Cowie 1978.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
