Portormin, Dunbeath
Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse)
Site Name Portormin, Dunbeath
Classification Rune Inscribed Stone (Norse)
Alternative Name(s) Dunbeath Heritage Centre
Canmore ID 251226
Site Number ND12NE 35
NGR ND 16 29
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/251226
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Portomin, Caithness, rune-inscribed stone
Measurements: H
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: ND 16 29
Present location: in Dunbeath Heritage Centre.
Evidence for discovery: found on the beach near Portomin on Dunbeath Bay in 2003.
Present condition: good.
Description
This large water-worn boulder bears eight incised runes, an informal graffito message.
Date range: early medieval.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2019
Note (14 October 2003)
ND12NE 35 16 29
A rune-inscribed boulder, found on the beach at Portormin, is now preserved at the Dunbeath Heritage Centre.
Information from RCAHMS (IFr), 14 October 2003.
