Archaeology Notes

Event ID 776935

Category Descriptive Accounts

Type Archaeology Notes

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NO33NE 21 374 361

A Class I symbol stone is noted in a dyke on the farm of Strathmartine Castle (Stuart 1867) in a field immediately SE of Strathmartine Castle, and between it and Gallow Hill (Allen and Anderson 1903) (The latter description places it in the area centred NO 374 361). It was moved to 10 Glamis Drive, Dundee, and is listed there as a scheduled monument (OS 6" map annotated by O G S Crawford, undated). It was seen there, at NO 3692 3024, by OS field investigator (J L D) in 1958, but has since been placed in Dundee Museum (Accession no: 1969-269). Of red sandstone, it is 1.35m in height and bears an incised crescent and V-rod and an elephant symbol.

For Dundee Museum, see NO43SW 91.2.

J Stuart 1867; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; H Coutts 1971.