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Invereen
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Invereen
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Canmore ID 14139
Site Number NH73SE 5
NGR NH 7968 3108
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/14139
- Council Highland
- Parish Moy And Dalarossie
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Inverness
- Former County Inverness-shire
Invereen, Inverness-shire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.00m, W 0.80m, D 0.15m
Stone type: red sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 7968 3108
Present location: National Museums Scotland (X.IB 227).
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing in 1932 on the west side of the River Findhorn near Invereen.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This slab is incised with an ornamented crescent and V-rod symbol over a relatively larger double-disc and Z-rod symbol. To the left of the top symbol is incised a vertical shaft which enters a circle at the top, where damage obscures the left-hand half of the circle.
Date: seventh or eighth century.
References: Fraser 2008, no 111.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
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.
Field Visit (9 November 1966)
The findspot of the symbol stone, was pointed out on the ground by the finder (Mr A Dunbar, Invereen, Tomatin, Inverness-shire) at NH 7968 3108. It was unearthed whilst ploughing.
Surveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS (NKB) 9 November 1966.
Reference (1997)
Class I symbol stone with double-disc and Z-rod below a crescent and V-rod.
A.Mack 1997
