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Knockando
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Knockando
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Canmore ID 16044
Site Number NJ14SE 1.02
NGR NJ 1862 4283
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/16044
- Council Moray
- Parish Knockando
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Knockando 2 (St Brendan), Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.91m, W 0.46m
Stone type: dioritic stone
Place of discovery: NJ 2026 4218
Present location: cemented against the inner face of the churchyard wall beside the gate at Knockando Church (NJ 18672 42883).
Evidence for discovery: Stuart records that the stone was said to have been brought around 1810 from the old burial ground at Pulvrenan (Canmore 16391 & 270555), along with Knockando 1 and 3.
Present condition: weathered, broken into two, and edge damage.
Description
Extending much of the length of this slab are four incised symbols: at the top a serpent, above a flower symbol, and the a mirror with double ball handle and a single-sided comb.
Date: seventh century
References: Stuart 1867, 61, pl 105; ECMS pt 3, 127-8; Fraser 2008, no 160.2.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018
Reference (1903)
NJ14SE 1.02 1862 4283
No. 2 is a slab of dioritic stone of approximately rectangular shape 6ft 3ins (1.9m) by 1ft 6ins (0.45m) wide sculptured with incised lines on one face. Front - At the top of the slab, a serpent, and near the bottom the mirror symbol without the comb. The mirror has a handle of the double disc pattern.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; J Stuart 1867; RCAHMS 1985.
Measured Survey (December 2006)
RCAHMS graphic survey in December 2006 records what is probably a 'flower' symbol between the serpent and the mirror plus part of a comb, to the right of the mirror handle.
Information from RCAHMS (JB) December 2006
