Craig Of Hattel
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)(Possible)
Site Name Craig Of Hattel
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)(Possible)
Canmore ID 8395
Site Number ND16NE 22
NGR ND 1877 6901
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8395
- Council Highland
- Parish Olrig
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
Craig of Hattel, Caithness, possible Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.83m
Stone type:
Place of discovery: ND 1877 6901
Present location: lost.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in the nineteenth century (OS Name Book 1873).
Present condition:
Description
This was a tall standing stone, said to have been carved with ‘a very crude drawing, resembling a greyhound’.
Date: uncertain.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2016
ND16NE 22 1877 6901.
(ND 1877 6901) Symbol Stone (NR) (site of)
OS 6" map, (1970)
A 6' high standing stone was removed from here many years ago, and it is not known what became of it. The stone was sculptured with a very crude drawing, resembling a greyhound.
Name Book 1873.
Field Visit (7 December 1981)
No further information was obtained regarding this symbol stone.
Visited by OS (J B) 7 December 1981.
