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Kinblethmont Description of stone
Event ID 1033649
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1033649
Kinblethmont, Angus, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.46m, W 0.38m, D 0.23m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 6380 4733
Present location: at Kinblethmont House.
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing in 1952.
Present condition: the right-hand side is intact but the other edges are broken.
Description
Despite its broken condition, the four symbols incised on the main face of this stone are clear and so close together that the original stone was probably not much bigger. At the top is a crescent and V-rod with a Pictish beast below facing right. Tucked between and below the legs of the beast are a mirror and single-sided comb, missing their lower portions. A wheel design has been lightly pecked on the lower right-hand edge of the stone and may not be original.
Date range: seventh century.
Primary references: DES 1952, 4; Fraser 2008, no 63.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
