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Ardross Description of stone

Event ID 1017532

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017532

Ardross 1, Stittenham, Ross & Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone fragment

Measurements: H 0.31m, W 0.49m, D 0.13m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NH 650 743

Present location: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (INVMG 00.209)

Evidence for discovery: found sometime before 1863 built into a wall at Stittenham.

Present condition: broken but carving clear except where flaking has occurred.

Description

This fragment is incised with a finely delineated wolf, padding along towards the right. Three of his four paws are missing along with much of his tail, but the body shows scroll joints and ear, rounded eye, and jaw open to show his tongue.

Date: seventh century

References: ECMS pt 3, 55-6; Fraser 2008, no 118.1.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2017

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