Inverness Description of stone
Event ID 1017594
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1017594
Inverness 1, Kingsmills, Inverness-shire, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.32m, W 0.36m, D 0.05m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH c 67 44
Present location: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (INVMG 00.210)
Evidence for discovery: found in the late nineteenth century re-used as a stepping-stone to a byre at Kingsmills and taken to the finder’s house in Inverness. It was later presented to Inverness Museum. Mack discusses the original location of the two Inverness bull stones (2007, 174-5).
Present condition: broken and worn.
Description
This fragment is part of a slab incised with what appears to be a bullock, walking towards the right. It is a somewhat inexpert depiction, and the scroll joints of the animal are stiffly drawn. Part of the hindquarters is missing.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 102-3; Mack 2007, 174-5; Fraser 2008, no 112.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
