Rosemarkie Stone
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TheRosemarkie StoneorRosemarkie Cross,a Class IIPictish stone,is one of the major surviving examples ofPictishart in stone.
Discovery
[edit]Carved from fine-grainedsandstone,the Rosemarkie stone was found sometime prior to 1821 in the floor of the old church in the village ofRosemarkie.Rosemarkie was the probable site of a major Pictish monastery, on theBlack IsleofEaster Ross.When found, the stone was broken into two parts that have since been reconstructed.[1]The reconstructed stone is now on display in Rosemarkie'sGroam House Museum.[2]
Description
[edit]On the front side is an elaborately decorated cross, while on the reverse side are various common Pictish symbols, including threecrescents and v-rodsand adouble-disc and Z-rod,as well as a smaller cross at the bottom. It is the only Pictish stone to bear three versions of the same symbol. The sides are also decorated with a number of interlace patterns.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Rosemarkie, Church Place, Rosemarkie Parish Church, Cross Slab | Canmore".canmore.org.uk.Retrieved11 May2016.
- ^"Groam House Museum | OUR SCULPTURES".www.groamhouse.org.uk.Retrieved11 May2016.
Further reading
[edit]- Fraser, Iain, Ritchie, J.N.G.,et al.,Pictish Symbol Stones: An Illustrated Gazetteer,(Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1999)
- Jones, Duncan,A Wee Guide to The Picts,(Musselburgh, 2003)
- MacNamara, Ellen,The Pictish Stones of Easter Ross,(Tain, 2003)
External links
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