Archaeology Notes

Event ID 662098

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NH73SE 5 7968 3108.

(Area: NH 798 315) A Pictish symbol-stone of light red sandstone was found at Invereen, Moy, in 1932. It is 3' 10 1/2" x 2' 2 1/2" x 7 5/8" and incised on one face. In the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, IB 227)

Proc Soc Antiq Scot 1934.

This slab measures 1.0m x 0.8m x 0.15m. The face is inscribed with the crescent and V-rod symbol; 2 smaller crescents lie inside the larger one. Below this is the double disc intersected by an ornamental Z-rod. At the top-left are the remains of what appears to be a penanular brooch. In the Royal Museum of Scotland (NMAS) Accession no IB 227.

Information from R Jones 1980.