Dunnichen Description of stone
Event ID 1010990
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1010990
Dunnichen, Angus, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H more than 1.4m, W 0.7m, D 0.21m
Stone type: Old Red Sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 516496
Present location: Meffan Museum, Forfar
Evidence for discovery: said to have been found during ploughing in 1811 on the Dunnichen estate, it was erected first at the Kirkton at Dunnichen and then in the late nineteenth century in the garden of Dunnichen House. Around 1967 it was taken to the museum at St Vigeans and in 1972 transferred to Dundee Museum and Art Gallery. A replica stands on the village green at Dunnichen.
Present condition: good
Description
A large undressed slab incised on one face with the flower symbol, an ornate double disc and Z-rod symbol, and a mirror and single-sided comb. The double discs contain running spirals.
Date range: seventh century.
Primary references: Chalmers 1848, pl 14; ECMS pt 3, 206-7; RCAHMS 2003.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
