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Rosskeen Description of stone
Event ID 1021029
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1021029
Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.83m, W 0.46m, D 0.46m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 6810 6902
Present location: in situ in field.
Evidence for discovery: recognised as a symbol stone in the nineteenth century.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This is a substantial pillar stone with incised symbols on two adjacent faces: on one the step symbol and on the other there are traces of a crescent above a pair of pincers.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 61; Fraser 2008, no 127.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
