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Fiscavaig Description of stone
Date 7 September 2016
Event ID 1013868
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1013868
Fiscavaig, Skye & Lochalsh, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 0.89m, W 0.52m, D 0.27m
Stone type: schist
Place of discovery: NG c330 340
Present location: National Museums Scotland (X.IB 213).
Evidence for discovery: found on the shore of Fiscavaig Bay around 1921 and left in situ until 1927, when it was sent to Edinburgh.
Present condition: the base is broken and the surface is very worn.
Description
One broad face of this slab bears two incised symbols: a double disc and Z-rod above a crescent and V-rod.
Date range: seventh century.
Primary references: RCAHMS 1928, no 498; Fisher 2001, 104; Fraser 2008, no 132.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
