Monument record MHG4814 - Tobar Na Maor, Dun Osdale
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred NG 2407 4648 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NG24NW |
| Geographical Area | SKYE AND LOCHALSH |
| Old County | INVERNESS-SHIRE |
| Civil Parish | DUIRINISH |
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Full Description
For Dun Osdale, broch see NG24NW0004
JHooper, 27/11/2001
NG24NW 3 2408 4648.
A stone, which partly covered the well, Tobar na Maor, beside Dun Osdale until 1910, is now preserved at Dunvegan Castle; although weathered, it bears a crescent and V-rod and a pair of concentric circles. See also NG24NW 7.1.
F T Macleod 1912; RCAHMS 1928; 1985; R B K Stevenson 1961; A Ross 1961.
The stone is much weathered and measures 0.43 x 0.94m; but the traces of the crescent and V-rod and one pair of concentric circles can be seen. Information from R Jones 1980.
Class I symbol stone bearing a crescent and V-rod over a disc.
A.Mack 1997 p.112
Sources/Archives (10)
- --- SHG1637 Text/Publication/Article: Curle, C L. 1940. 'The chronology of the early christian monuments of Scotland', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 74 1939-40, p.60-117. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 60-117. 60-117.
- --- SHG1653 Text/Publication/Article: Radford, C A R. 1942. 'The early christian monuments of Scotland', Antiquity Vol. 16 1942, p.1-18. Antiquity. 1-18. 1-18.
- --- SHG1684 Text/Publication/Article: Stevenson, R B K. 1961. 'The Inchyra Stone and some other unpublished early Christian monuments', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 92 1958-9, p.33-55. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 33-55. 40-1.
- --- SHG1741 Text/Publication/Article: Ross, A. 1961. 'Tobar nam Maor "The well of the Stewards"', Scot Stud Vol. 5 1961, p.206-9. Scot Stud. 206-9. 206-9.
- --- SHG2188 Text/Publication/Volume: Feachem, R W. 1977. Guide to prehistoric Scotland. 2nd ed.. 198.
- --- SHG2357 Text/Publication/Volume: Jackson, A. 1984. The symbol stones of Scotland: a social anthropological resolution to the problem of the Picts.
- --- SHG2456 Text/Publication/Volume: Mack, A. 1997. Field guide to the Pictish symbol stones. 112.
- --- SHG2656 Text/Report: RCAHMS. 1928. The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions of Scotland. Ninth report with inventory of monuments and constructions in the Outer Hebrides, Skye and the Small Isles. . 165, No. 528.
- --- SHG2712 Text/Publication/Volume: Ritchie, J N G. 1985. Pictish symbol stones: a handlist 1985. 13.
- --- SHG828 Text/Publication/Article: Macleod, F T. 1912. 'Further notes on the antiquities of Skye, chiefly the Districts of Sleat and Strath', Proc Soc Antiq Scot Vol. 46 1911-12, p.202-12. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 202-12. 211-12.
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Record last edited
Mar 7 2008 4:10PM
