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Knockando Description of stone
Event ID 1036951
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1036951
Knockando 1 (St Brendan?), Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.45m, W 0.56m
Stone type: gneiss
Place of discovery: NJ 2026 4218
Present location: cemented against the inner face of the churchyard wall beside the gate at Knockando Church (NJ 18672 42883).
Evidence for discovery: Stuart records that the stone was said to have been brought around 1810 from the old burial ground at Pulvrenan (Canmore 16391 & 270555), along with Knockando 2 and 3.
Present condition: weathered with edge damage.
Description
On the upper broad face of this slab are incised a rayed disc symbol above two crescent and V-rod symbols.
Date: seventh century
References: Stuart 1867, 61, pl 105; ECMS pt 3, 127-8; Fraser 2008, no 160.1.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
