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Description of stone
Event ID 1009933
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1009933
East Wemyss, Sliding Cave, Fife, Pictish rock carvings
Measurements:
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NT 3461 9727
Present location: in situ.
Evidence for discovery: Simpson and others visited the caves in 1865.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
In this cave there are incised a rectangle symbol, a double-disc and two serpents.
Date range: sixth to eighth century.
References: Simpson 1866; Ritchie & Stevenson 1993; Fraser 2008, no 81.4
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
