Archaeology Notes

Date 11 March 2016

Event ID 1014744

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1014744

'The source behind much of Arthur Mitchell's account was a local farmer and Free Church supporter, James Cameron, who lived at Wester Tullochgribban. He corresponded with and met Sir Arthur. Cameron published several very rare pamphlets on the stone now held by Inverness Library in their Charles Fraser Mackintosh collection.'

[Email from Louise Yeoman (BBC Edinburgh) to Caroline Torres (RCAHMS), 10 August 2012].

'[George Dixon] actually went into the river to look for it [in 1964], armed with Sir Arthur Mitchell's sketch, and found the main fragment lying at an angle in the sandy bed of the Spey with cut lettering still on it - he felt the letters with his finger, but couldn't photograph it, as it was underwater.'

[Email from Louise Yeoman (BBC Edinburgh) to Caroline Torres (RCAHMS), 13 August 2012].

The date (1964) of George Dixon's investigation derives from an interview with him that was broadcast on the BBC Radio Scotland programme, 'Past Lives' (Series 16, Episode 5), 14 September 2012.

Information from RCAHMS (ATW), 11 March 2016.