Dandaleith Description of stone
Event ID 1023119
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023119
Dandaleith, Craigellachie, Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: L 1.70m
Stone type: pink granite
Place of discovery: NJ 2890 4580
Present location: Elgin Museum.
Evidence for discovery: found in May 2013 during ploughing.
Present condition: good.
Description
The slab is incised with symbols on two adjoining faces: one bears an eagle walking to the right above a crescent and V-rod, while the other bears a disc with rectangle above an indented rectangle and Z-rod. All the symbols have internal ornament.
Date: seventh century
References: DES 2014, 139-40.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
