Dunnichen Description of stone
Event ID 1033668
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1033668
Dunnichen, Angus, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H more than 1.4m, W 0.7m, D 0.21m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NO 516496
Present location: The Meffan Institute, Forfar.
Evidence for discovery: said to have been found during ploughing in 1811 on the Dunnichen estate, it was erected first at the Kirkton at Dunnichen and then in the late nineteenth century in the garden of Dunnichen House. Around 1967 it was taken to the museum at St Vigeans and in 1972 transferred to the museum in Dundee and subsequently to Forfar. A replica stands on the village green at Dunnichen.
Present condition: good
Description
A large undressed slab incised on one face with the flower symbol, an ornate double disc and Z-rod symbol, and a mirror and single-sided comb. The double discs contain running spirals.
Date range: seventh century.
Primary references: Chalmers 1848, pl 14; ECMS pt 3, 206-7; RCAHMS 2003.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
