MHG9794 - Pictish Symbol Stone - Kintradwell No. 2

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Type and Period (1)

  • INSCRIBED STONE (Early Medieval - 561 AD to 1057 AD)

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  • None recorded

Full Description

NC90NW 14.01 9316 0838.

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, Early Medieval Carved Stones Project <1>

Kintradwell 2 was catalogued during an inventory of Dunrobin Castle Museum's collection in 2019 by ARCH. It is listed under Acc. Nos. 1873.3 and ARC 533. It has also been referred to as stone 8 and stone B. It in on display in case 23 shelf A. See attached picture taken by C. Ferne. <2>

See link below to HES Canmore record for photographs and sketches of the stone.

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Location

Grid reference Centred NC 9315 0838 (6m by 6m) (2 map features)
Map sheet NC90NW
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish LOTH

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