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Description of stone
Event ID 1010069
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010069
Clynemilton 1, Sutherland, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.04m, W 1.10m, D 0.12m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NC 914069
Present location: Dunrobin Museum (ARC 539), Dunrobin Castle.
Evidence for discovery: found near the Clynemilton Burn on a terrace near the sea sometime before about 1850, and taken to the Museum in 1860.
Present condition: broken into two fragments and part of the upper fragment is missing. There is some surface damage suggesting that the stone has been caught by the plough.
Description
The slab is firmly incised with three symbols: an arch above a crescent and V-rod, and a mirror to the left of the crescent. Ornament on the arch and the crescent includes arcs and spirals.
Date: seventh century.
References: Stuart 1856, pl 33; ECMS pt 3, 39-40; Fraser 2008, no 136.1.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
