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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

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  • Council Highland
  • Parish Clyne
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Sutherland
  • Former County Sutherland

Early Medieval Carved Stones Project

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

Archaeology Notes

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.

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