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Knockando Description of stone
Event ID 1036952
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1036952
Knockando 2 (St Brendan), Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.91m, W 0.46m
Stone type: dioritic stone
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 1 and 3.
Present condition: weathered, broken into two, and edge damage.
Description
Extending much of the length of this slab are four incised symbols: at the top a serpent, above a flower symbol, and the a mirror with double ball handle and a single-sided comb.
Date: seventh century
References: Stuart 1867, 61, pl 105; ECMS pt 3, 127-8; Fraser 2008, no 160.2.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
