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Edderton Description of stone
Event ID 1017538
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017538
Edderton 1 , Clach Chairidh, Ross & Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 3.13m, W at base 1.07m, D at base 0.46m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 7082 8507
Present location: in situ in a field.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded (inaccurately) by Cordiner in 1780.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This pointed pillar stone is likely to have been a prehistoric standing stone, an outlier for the nearby stone circle, which has been re-used as a Pictish symbol stone. Incised on its north face are two symbols, a salmon above a double disc and Z-rod set vertically. Cordiner shows a circle below on the left, which is no longer visible but could have been part of a mirror.
Date: seventh century.
References: Cordiner 1780, 119; ECMS pt 3, 57-9; Fraser 2008, no 121.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
