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Portomin Description of stone
Event ID 1085166
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1085166
Portomin, Caithness, rune-inscribed stone
Measurements: H
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: ND 16 29
Present location: in Dunbeath Heritage Centre.
Evidence for discovery: found on the beach near Portomin on Dunbeath Bay in 2003.
Present condition: good.
Description
This large water-worn boulder bears eight incised runes, an informal graffito message.
Date range: early medieval.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019
