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Parc-an-caipel, Congash, Congash 1
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Parc-an-caipel, Congash, Congash 1
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Congash, Old Kirkyard; Congash Graveyard; Congash, Grantown
Canmore ID 319516
Site Number NJ02NE 1.01
NGR NJ 05792 26204
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319516
- Council Highland
- Parish Abernethy And Kincardine
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Badenoch And Strathspey
- Former County Inverness-shire
Reference (1903)
No.1 forms the jamb on the right-hand side on entering the enclosure and is a slab of blue gneiss of irregular shape, 3 feet 2 inches high by 2 feet 2 inches wide at the bottom, and 1 foot 7 inches wide at the top by 10 inches thick, sculptured with incised lines on one face thus-
Front.- At the top, the horse-shoe symbol and below it the elephant symbol. The horse-shoe is ornamented with curved lines.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903
External Reference (1980)
Congash Nos. 1 and 2. Two Pictish symbol stones were found in a small circular enclosure on Congash Farm, one on the E side of the entrance and one on the W. No. 1 is of blue gneiss, measuring 0.96m x 0.66m x 0.25m and bears the horseshoe and elephant symbols. It has weathered considerably. No. 2 is in good condition and the incised decoration still very clear. It measures 1.14m x 0.76m x 0.12m, is of blue gneiss and bears the double disc and Z-rod, and an unusual symbol which looks like a helmet pierced by an arrow.
Information from R Jones to OS, 1980.
Reference (1997)
Two class I symbol stones.
Congash 1 : Horseshoe above an elephant.
Congash 2 : Double-disc and Z-rod above a helmet.
A Mack 1997.
