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Archaeology Notes
Event ID 669321
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Archaeology Notes
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/669321
NJ71NE 32.02 7939 1634
No. 3. Another symbol stone was found on Castle Hill. Also of red granite, it is of irregular shape, 1.06m x 0.9m x 23cm and bears a pair of ornamental crescents arranged back to back, and the 'tuning-fork' symbol. Bought by the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS) in 1865 (Accession no. IB 23).
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; NMAS 1892; J Stuart 1856; Information from R Jones 1980.