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Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Event ID 561235
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Accessing Scotland's Past Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/561235
A Pictish Symbol Stone attached to the wall of Inveravon Parish Church has three symbols carved onto the upper portion, where the rock surface has been removed. The stone is a Class I type, which dates from between the sixth and eighth centuries AD.
The topmost depiction is a crescent and V-rod. The origins of this symbol have not been explained. It is a crescent, overlain by what appears to be an arrow, bent in the middle to create the V-shape. Below the crescent and V-rod is a symbol known as the triple ring, which is a large circle, with two smaller ones at either side, with a line drawn across all three rings. The final set of symbols is a mirror and comb. These are almost always depicted alongside another pair of dominant symbols.
The meanings of the symbols, and the combinations in which they were occur, are the subject of much discussion.
Text prepared by RCAHMS as part of the Accessing Scotland's Past project
