Pricing Change
New pricing for orders of material from this site will come into place shortly. Charges for supply of digital images, digitisation on demand, prints and licensing will be altered.
Upcoming Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates:
Thursday, 9 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 23 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Thursday, 30 January: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
During these times, some functionality such as image purchasing may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Rosskeen, 'clach A' Mheirlich'
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Site Name Rosskeen, 'clach A' Mheirlich'
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish), Standing Stone (Prehistoric)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Thief's Stone
Canmore ID 13617
Site Number NH66NE 12
NGR NH 68099 69025
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/13617
- Council Highland
- Parish Rosskeen
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Ross And Cromarty
- Former County Ross And Cromarty
Rosskeen, Ross and Cromarty, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.83m, W 0.46m, D 0.46m
Stone type: sandstone
Place of discovery: NH 6810 6902
Present location: in situ in field.
Evidence for discovery: recognised as a symbol stone in the nineteenth century.
Present condition: weathered.
Description
This is a substantial pillar stone with incised symbols on two adjacent faces: on one the step symbol and on the other there are traces of a crescent above a pair of pincers.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 61; Fraser 2008, no 127.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
NH66NE 12 6810 6902.
(NH 6810 6902) Clach a' Mhearlich (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Clach a' Mheirlich, or the "Thief's Stone" is a Class I (ie. probably 7th -9th century) symbol stone.
It is a sandstone pillar, 6ft x 1ft 6ins square, bearing on the front a 'step' symbol and on the left side what appears to be traces of a crescent symbol with, below, what could be either a pair of pincers or a 'tuning fork' symbol. Clach a' Mheirlich (ONB 1874).
Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) 1874; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
Clach a' Mheirlich is as described and illustrated by Allen (1903).
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 March 1966.
Class I symbol stone.A step is carved on the east face,with a crescent above a pair of pincers on the south face
A.Mack 1997 p.118
Pictish Class I symbol stone - seen, badly eroded - little carving was visible.
CFA/MORA Coastal Assessment Survey 1998.
Note (18 November 1965)
NH66NE 12 6810 6902.
(NH 6810 6902) Clach a' Mhearlich (NAT)
OS 6" map, (1959)
Clach a' Mheirlich, or the "Thief's Stone" is a Class I (ie. probably 7th -9th century) symbol stone.
It is a sandstone pillar, 6ft x 1ft 6ins square, bearing on the front a 'step' symbol and on the left side what appears to be traces of a crescent symbol with, below, what could be either a pair of pincers or a 'tuning fork' symbol. Clach a' Mheirlich (ONB 1874). Scheduled (AMs Scot 1961, 37).
Information from OS (ES) 18 November 1965
(Ordnance Survey Name Book (ONB) 1874; J R Allen and J Anderson 1903).
Field Visit (23 March 1966)
NH66NE 12 6810 6902.
Clach a' Mheirlich is as described and illustrated by Allen (1903).
Visited by OS (N K B) 23 March 1966.
Field Visit (September 1978)
Clach a' Mheirlich, Rosskeen NH 681 690 NH66NE 12
This Class I 'Pictish' symbol stone stands 1.8m high. Traces of incised step, crescent and, possibly, tongs or tuning fork symbols are visible.
RCAHMS 1979, visited September 1978
(Allen and Anderson 1903, iii, 61)
Photographic Survey (28 June 2007)
