Invereen


Site type: Class I symbol stone

Parish: Moy and Dalarossie

County: Inverness-shire

Grid reference: NH 7968 3108

Lat / long: 57.354313, -4.001361

The historic map is an Ordnance Survey map from 1919 to 1947, and is provided by the National Library of Scotland

This symbol stone was discovered in a field near Invereen on the floodplain of the River Findhorn in 1932, when it was ploughed up by a farmer.

It measures around 1.0m tall by 08.m wide, and is 0.15m thick. Carved on one side are a crescent and V-rod symbol (with two further smaller crescents within the main one) and below this is a double disc and Z-rod symbol.

At the top-left corner of the stone is a third carving, apparently damaged by the plough, which may represent a penannular brooch.

The stone is now in the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh.

References (books)

  • The Pictish Guide
  • Elizabeth Sutherland
  • Edinburgh, 1997

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