Reference

Date 1986

Event ID 920496

Category Documentary Reference

Type Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/920496

This rough whinstone pillar, standing 1.98m high, bears three finely-incised symbols and is unusual in being, apparently, still in its original location. The symbols are on the S face and coomprise a well-drawn double-disc and Z-rod (the latter with ornate flame-like terminal) over a tightly-coiled serpent and a Z-rod with a simple mirror beneath; there is no comb.

In 1856 'excavation' revealed that the stone stood on a low cairn (1.9m in diameter) which had an extended grave beneath its perimeter.

I A G Shepherd 1986.