Find Spot record MHG3360 - Findspot of symbol stone, Garbeg
Summary
A fragment of Pictish Stone, found during the excavation of a cairn in 1974. Now in Inverness Museum.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred NH 5109 3221 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NH53SW |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | URQUHART AND GLENMORISTON |
| Geographical Area | INVERNESS |
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Full Description
NH53SW 15.1 5110 3222
'This fragment found during the excavation of a small cairn in 1974 is now in Inverness Museum (Acc No 974.75); a thin slab of sandstone, it bears a fragmentary crescent and V-rod.'
RCAHMS 1985; L M M Wedderburn and D M Grime 1975. <1><2>
Included in a catalogue of the Pictish Symbol Stones at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, original version 1994, updated 2010. Found within a disturbed stone cairn. The left hand portion of a crescent & V-rod symbol, with lobed infill inside the crescent. The top of a symbol of uncertain type sits below the right point of the V-rod. It may represent the mane of a Pictish Beast facing right.<3><4>
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SHG10331 Image/Photograph(s): Drumnadrochit, Garbeg, Pictish stone. Colour Slide. .
- --- SHG10334 Image/Photograph(s): Drumnadrochit, Garbeg, Pictish stone, line drawing. Colour Slide. .
- --- SHG1348 Text/Publication/Article: Alcock, E A. 1991. 'Pictish stones class I: where and how?', Glasgow Archaeol J Vol. 15 1988-89, p.1-21. Glasgow Archaeol J. 1-21. 19.
- --- SHG2357 Text/Publication/Volume: Jackson, A. 1984. The symbol stones of Scotland: a social anthropological resolution to the problem of the Picts.
- --- SHG8495 Image/Photograph(s): Drumnadrochit, Garbeg, Pictish stone. Unknown. .
- --- SHG8498 Image/Photograph(s): Drumnadrochit, Garbeg, Pictish stone, line drawing. Unknown. .
- <1> SHG3155 Text/Publication/Article: Wedderburn and Grime, L M M and D M. 1984. The cairn cemetery at Garbeg, Drumnadrochit, Brit Archaeol Rep Vol. 125. SHG23462. 151-68. 231.
- <2> SHG2712 Text/Publication/Volume: Ritchie, J N G. 1985. Pictish symbol stones: a handlist 1985. 12.
- <3> SHG2304 Collection/Catalogue: Hanley, R G. 1994. A catalogue of the Class I Pictish symbol stones in the collections of Inverness Museum and Art Gallery. 11.
- <4> SHG25069 Text/Publication/Booklet: Inverness Museum. 2010. A Catalogue of the Pictish Symbol Stones at Inverness Museum & Art Gallery. Paper (Copy).
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Protected Status/Designation
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Record last edited
Jan 6 2011 1:27PM
