Tillytarmont Description of stone
Event ID 1022490
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1022490
Tillytarmont 2, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.30m above ground, W 0.61m, D 0.16m
Stone type: red granite
Place of discovery: NJ c 533 473
Present location: in the grounds of Whitestones House, Morayshire, NJ 5297 4705.
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing in 1944 on a promontory at the confluence of the Isla and Deveron rivers on North Tillytarmont Farm and taken to the grounds of Whitestones House.
Present condition: worn and the top right corner is broken away.
Description
On one broad face of this slab are incised two Pictish symbols: a crescent and V-rod above a double disc and Z-rod. The discs have non-concentric internal rings.
Date: seventh century.
References: Fraser 2008, no 46.2.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
