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Burghead
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Burghead
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Burghead 6
Canmore ID 319206
Site Number NJ16NW 5.06
NGR NJ 1088 6914
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319206
- Council Moray
- Parish Duffus
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Burghead 6, Moray, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.61m, W 0.46m, D 0.15m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NJ c 109 691
Present location: Elgin Museum (1886.1)
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 stone was found in 1884 during building work on the south quay and was presented to Elgin Museum.
Present condition: there is considerable edge damage to this fragment and less than half the carving survives in a flaked condition.
Description
This fragment is deeply incised with the forequarters of a bull walking towards the right. His head is at rest in normal pose with no sign of aggression.
Date: seventh century.
References: Macdonald 1862, 347, 355-7; ECMS pt 3, 123-4; Henderson & Henderson 2004, 31-5; Scott 2005; Fraser 2008, no 152.6.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
Reference (2008)
6. Found in 1854 during alterations to the South Quay, now in Elgin Museum.
I Fraser 2008
