Mortlach, Mortlach 2
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Mortlach, Mortlach 2
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Dufftown
Canmore ID 319861
Site Number NJ33NW 139
NGR NJ 3241 3924
NGR Description NJ 3241 3924
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/319861
- Council Moray
- Parish Mortlach
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Banffshire
Mortlach 2, Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.80m, W 0.56m, D 0.25m
Stone type: gneiss
Place of discovery: NJ 3237 3928
Present location: within the church vestibule.
Evidence for discovery: found during grave-digging in 1925 lying horizontal at a depth of some 2m, about 9m north-west of Mortlach 1. The carving was on the underside, and the stone was broken into five fragments during removal.
Present condition: weathered
Description
The slab is incised on one broad face with the Pictish beast facing right over a developed form of the S-shaped symbol.
Date: seventh century
References: Simpson 1926, 274-6; Fraser 2008, no 161.2
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018.
Reference (1997)
One class I symbol stone - Mortlach 2 - showing an elephant above an ogee.
A Mack
