Wester Balblair Pictish Symbol Stone

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Dr Hugo Anderson-Whymark
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Release Date
2017-02-09
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This Class I Pictish (300-900AD) Symbol Stone was found at a depth of 2 feet when a gentlemen was digging his garden at Wester Balblair, Beauly, Inverness-shire in 1969. The stone measures 2' 4" long by 1' 6" wide and 4 1/2" thick. The stone exhibits a crescent and V-rod and three oval symbols. A report on the stones discovery can be found [here](https://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_101/101_288_289.pdf) and further details can be found in the [Catalogue of Pictish Art in Inverness Museum](http://her.highland.gov.uk/hbsmrgatewayhighland/DataFiles/LibraryLinkFiles/192822.pdf). This stone is one display in the superb galleries of [Inverness Museum and Art Gallery](https://www.highlifehighland.com/inverness-museum-and-art-gallery/).