Accessibility

Font Size

100% 150% 200%

Background Colour

Default Contrast
Close Reset

Dalnavie Description of stone

Event ID 1017535

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017535

Dalnavie, Ross and Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone

Measurements: H 1.20m, W 0.40m, D 0.85m

Stone type: sandstone

Place of discovery: NH 6473 7414

Present location: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (INVMG 2002.013)

Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing on Dalnavie Farm in 2002.

Present condition: good.

Description

A slab that tapers towards the foot, this is incised with a step symbol above a plain crescent and V-rod, with below a large mirror and comb.

Date: seventh century.

References: DES 2002, 77.

Compiled by A Ritchie 2017

People and Organisations

References