Clynekirkton
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Clynekirkton
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Clyne Milton Farm; Clynekirkton Churchyard
Canmore ID 6461
Site Number NC80NE 17.02
NGR NC 8946 0607
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6461
- Council Highland
- Parish Clyne
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Clynekirkton 2 (St Aloyne?), Sutherland, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.22m, W 0.43m, D 0.06m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NC 8945 0607
Present location: Dunrobin Museum (ARC 537), Dunrobin Castle.
Evidence for discovery: found in Clyne kirkyard in 1868 and taken to Dunrobin Museum in 1869.
Present condition: the edges of the slab are both broken and trimmed, and there is severe flaking to the upper symbol.
Description
One broad face of the slab bears the remains of three incised symbols. The uppermost is an unusually large and ornate rectangle, set immediately above but not touching a crescent and V-rod, and close below the crescent a mirror symbol. The decoration of all three symbols makes extensive use of fine parallel line infilling, and the rectangle and crescent and V-rod both display arcs and spirals.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt3, 38-9: Fraser 2008, no 135.2.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
NC80NE 17.02 8946 0607
No. 2. Found in 1868 by Dr Lawson Tait in Clyne churchyard, it is said to have been taken from the 300 feet terrace on Clyne Milton Farm (NC 915 068) and was removed to Dunrobin Museum in 1869 (1869.8). It is made of purplish, flaggy, medium grained sandstone and measures 1.24m long by 0.43m wide by 0.06m thick. It bears the rectangular, crescent and V-rod and mirror symbols.
Infomation from R Jones 1980.
