Strathmartine 1 Description of stone
Event ID 1033654
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1033654
Strathmartine 1 (St Martin), Angus, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.35m, W 0.76m, D 0.15m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 374 361
Present location: McManus Galleries, Dundee (1969-269).
Evidence for discovery: recorded by Stuart in the mid nineteenth century built into a field dyke south-east of Strathmartine Castle. Sometime in the twentieth century it was moved to a private garden in Dundee, and thence to the museum in Dundee in 1969.
Present condition: the top right corner is missing but the carving is good.
Description
Two symbols are carved on this stone: a crescent and V-rod over a Pictish beast facing right. A small part of the crescent and V-rod is missing.
Date range: seventh century.
Primary references: Stuart 1867, pl 102; ECMS pt 3, 209; Fraser 2008, no 68.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
