Description of stone
Event ID 1010138
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010138
Navidale (St Ninian), Sutherland, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 0.94m, W 0.43m, D 0.08m
Stone type: purple sandstone
Place of discovery: ND 0419 1615
Present location: Dunrobin Museum (ARC 559), Dunrobin Castle.
Evidence for discovery: found in the graveyard in 1968, close to the seashore.
Present condition: the wear on this slab is likely to be the result of wave action.
Description
The slab has two incised symbols on one broad face. The uppermost is a well-cut triple disc, with detail of the fitting on either side by which the smaller discs (the handles of the cauldron) were attached, and a circle in the centre of the large disc. Below are faint traces of a Pictish beast, and it has been suggested that the carving is unfinished but it seems more likely that it has simply worn away.
Date: seventh century.
References: Fraser 2008, no 147.
Compiled by A Ritche 2016
