Summary

Symbol stone showing a goose and a fish, Pictish, from Easterton of Roseisle, Moray, 7th or 8th century

Accession Number

X.IB 226

Other references

Original description

SCULPTURED STONES, CROSSES, ETC. Symbol stone from Easterton of Roseisle, Burghead (1894 where it was in a cist-like structure). Anon notes, PSAS LXVIII 1933-34 p 55 fig 1; and, 43 1/2 x 20 x 7 1/2". MOSAICS note, April 1997: This stone has been used twice as a Pictish symbol stone. [The first side] shows the original symbols - a crescent with a bite out of it, a crescent and a V-rod, and a mirror and comb. These symbols were partly defaced, perhaps when the newer symbols were carved on the other side. [The second side] showing the newer symbols - a goose and a fish, probably a salmon. 7th or 8th century. Updated from SCRAN full data set, December 1998.

Associated person/people (e.g. excavator/former collection)

None

Discovery / field collection

Date of discovery

Not recorded

Method (e.g. excavation)

Not recorded

Place (i.e. location of discovery)

Easterton of Roseisle, Burghead, Morayshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Grid reference

Not recorded

Acquisition

Acquisition date

1933

Acquisition source (i.e. name of donor)

Not recorded

Acquisition source role (e.g. donor)

Not recorded

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