Balneilan Description of stone
Event ID 1036353
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Balneilan, Moray, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.71m, 0.36m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: NJ c149 260
Present location: probably still in situ but hidden beneath harling.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in the mid nineteenth century by Stuart, built into the wall of the farm offices at Balneilan.
Present condition:
Description
This stone was incised with a double-outlined circle containing three smaller double circles, below and to the right were traces of a possible Pictish beast.
Date range: seventh century
Primary references: Stuart 1867, pl 104; Fraser 2008, no 149.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
