Clach Ard Description of stone
Date 7 September 2016
Event ID 1013866
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013866
Clach Ard, Tote, Skye & Lochalsh, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.41m above its base, W 0.53m, D 0.40m
Stone type: basalt
Place of discovery: NG 4210 4908
Present location: standing 9m north of the road at Tote.
Evidence for discovery: found re-used as a door jamb in a cottage at Tote in 1880 and set up in a stone base on a ridge above the township.
Present condition: broken and worn with edge damage.
Description
This rectangular slab has been trimmed at the base for re-use as a door jamb. One broad face is incised with Pictish symbols set one above the other: a crescent and V-rod, a double disc and Z-rod set vertically and a mirror and comb.
Date range: seventh century.
Primary references: RCAHMS 1928, no 640; Fisher 2001, 105; Fraser 2008, no 131.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
