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Burghead
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Burghead
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Burghead 3
Canmore ID 319203
Site Number NJ16NW 5.03
NGR NJ 1088 6914
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319203
- Council Moray
- Parish Duffus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Burghead 3, Moray, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.41m, W 0.53m, D 0.18m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 109 691
Present location: Elgin Museum (1871.4)
Evidence for discovery: one of many bull carvings said to have been found during quarrying of the wall of the upper citadel to find building stones from around 1800 onwards, of which six have survived (Macdonald 1862). This
one was found at Burghead sometime before 1867 and was in private hands in Elgin before being presented to the museum.
Present condition: this water-worn boulder is broken top and bottom, but the carving is largely intact, though there is surface pitting.
Description
One broad face of this fragment is incised with a bull walking towards the right. His head is slightly lowered but his tail hangs at rest.
Date: seventh century.
References: Macdonald 1862, 347, 355-7; ECMS pt 3, 121; Henderson & Henderson 2004, 31-5; Scott 2005; Fraser 2008, no 152.3.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
Reference (2008)
3. Found at Burghead prior to 1867, but without further details of its discovery. Now in Elgin Museum.
I Fraser 2008
