Newton House Description of stone
Event ID 1022003
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Newton House 1, Culsalmond, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 2.03m, W 0.60m, D 0.41m
Stone type: blue-grey gneiss
Place of discovery: NJ 2250 0873
Present location:in the grounds of Newton House.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in 1760 half a mile west of Newton House 2 and moved to the grounds of Newton House in 1794 (discussed in Forsyth 1996, 420-2).
Present condition: good.
Description
On one broad face of this slender pillar, at the highest point before its width diminishes, are incised two symbols, the double disc above the serpent and Z-rod. The quality of the carving is high. One of the discs has a basal notch and both contain central dots, and the entire symbol has a double outline. The serpent’s head and body are carved to indicate scales, each scale bearing a dot.
Date: seventh century.
References: Stuart 1856, 13, pl 37; Forsyth 1996, 420-42; RCAHMS 2007, 117; Fraser 2008, no 38.1.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
