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Mortlach 2 Description of stone
Event ID 1109648
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1109648
Mortlach 2, Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.80m, W 0.56m, D 0.25m
Stone type: gneiss
Place of discovery: NJ 3237 3928
Present location: within the church vestibule.
Evidence for discovery: found during grave-digging in 1925 lying horizontal at a depth of some 2m, about 9m north-west of Mortlach 1. The carving was on the underside, and the stone was broken into five fragments during removal.
Present condition: weathered
Description
The slab is incised on one broad face with the Pictish beast facing right over a developed form of the S-shaped symbol.
Date: seventh century
References: Simpson 1926, 274-6; Fraser 2008, no 161.2
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018.
