Jessie Port, Cadboll
Rock Carving (Early Medieval)
Site Name Jessie Port, Cadboll
Classification Rock Carving (Early Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Moray Firth
Canmore ID 290379
Site Number NH87NE 47
NGR NH 87923 77258
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/290379
- Council Highland
- Parish Fearn
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Jessie Port, Hilton of Cadboll, Ross and Cromarty, carved rock
Measurements: (carving) H 0.25m, W 0.25m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH c 8781 7714
Present location: in situ on rock outcrop near south end of Jessie Port.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1984 and thought then to be modern. Now recognised as probably early medieval.
Present condition: some wear but good overall.
Description
Incised on the bedrock is a horse’s head facing right, with forelock, nostril and mouth. The style and carving technique resembles closely the Pictish symbol known as the beast’s head.
Date: probably early medieval.
References: Henderson & Henderson 2008.
Note (7 February 2024)
For the harbour at Jessie Port previously recorded under NH87NE 47 by the CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey in 1998, please see NH87NE 56.
