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Drainie 1 Description of stone
Event ID 1023120
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1023120
Drainie 1, Kinneddar, Moray, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.75m, W 0.63m, D 0.10m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ 2224 6960
Present location: lost.
Evidence for discovery: found when Kinneddar Manse was demolished in 1855 and ‘mutilated a squared by the masons’, before it was recognised as part of a symbol stone and taken to Elgin Museum. It was lost by 1930.The old manse stood close to the graveyard and the site of Kinneddar old parish church and early medieval foundation, then located beside a sea loch.
Present condition: all edges had been trimmed and the carving was very worn.
Description
This fragment was incised with a large crescent and V-rod. Within the crescent were double spirals.
Date: seventh century
References: Stuart 1856, pl 129; ECMS pt 3, 124; Fraser 2008, no 259.1.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
