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Kintradwell
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Kintradwell
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) Kintradwell 2
Canmore ID 6944
Site Number NC90NW 14.01
NGR NC 9316 0838
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/6944
- Council Highland
- Parish Loth
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Sutherland
- Former County Sutherland
Kintradwell 2, Sutherland, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 0.84m, W 0.38m, D 0.10m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NC 9316 0838
Present location: Dunrobin Museum (ARC 533), Dunrobin Castle.
Evidence for discovery: found in 1873 close to the railway.
Present condition: broken and pitted with solution holes.
Description
There are parts of two symbols incised on this fragment: the S symbol, which has a decorated median band, and the triple disc.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 43-4; Fraser 2008, no 143.2.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2016
