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Sculptured stone (fragment)

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from Findlarig, Moray

Postcard of Sculptured stone (fragment).
000-100-104-151-C
© National Museums Scotland

Sculptured stone (fragment)

This stone carved with Pictish symbols was found at Findlarig in Moray when digging in an enclosure containing a ruined chapel. The carvings on the stone were made between 500 and 800.

The stone was carved with two Pictish symbols, both incomplete on the broken stone. A large so-called crescent and V-rod symbol is at the bottom and a smaller incomplete rectangular and Z-rod symbol above.

Monumental stones and some silver jewellery were decorated by the Picts with a range of unusual symbols, some of everyday objects and others more abstract. Many theories have been proposed to explain their meanings which nevertheless remain obscure.


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Online ID: 000-100-104-151-C
Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
Project: 0098: National Museums Scotland
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Ref: National Museums Scotland  X.IB 11
Date: 500 - 800
Between 500 and 800
Material: Mica schist, 'Crescent and Sceptre' on one side
Dimensions: 42" x 16"
What: Slab
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Where: Scotland, Moray, Strathspey, Findlarig
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Description: Slab of mica schist carved with Pictish symbols, from Findlarig, Moray, 500 - 800
References:
  • Allen, J. R. & Anderson, J. The early Christian monuments of Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 1903, vol. 2, p 101. 
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