Dalnavie
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Dalnavie
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Stittenham; Dalnavie Farm
Canmore ID 241919
Site Number NH67SW 55
NGR NH 6473 7414
NGR Description NH c. 6473 7414
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/241919
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Dalnavie, Ross and Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.20m, W 0.40m, D 0.85m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 6473 7414
Present location: Inverness Museum & Art Gallery (INVMG 2002.013)
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing on Dalnavie Farm in 2002.
Present condition: good.
Description
A slab that tapers towards the foot, this is incised with a step symbol above a plain crescent and V-rod, with below a large mirror and comb.
Date: seventh century.
References: DES 2002, 77.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
NH67SW 55 c. 6473 7414
(Location cited as NH c. 6473 7414). Sandstone slab, 120.0 x 40.0 x 8.5cm, found by the farmer while ploughing at Dalnavie Farm. It bears three incised symbols (from top to bottom), depicting an inverted 'L', a crescent and v-rod, and a mirror and comb. The stone appears to be complete, narrowing at the base where it would have been inserted into the ground. It was found close to the presumed findspots of the Ardross wolf and deer/horse stones, but is clearly in a different stone and by a different hand. Museum Acc. No: INVMG 2002.013
P Weeks and Mr Brown 2002.
