Edderton Cross Slab - Citizendia

Modern photograph.

A 19th century illustration of the stone by Charles Carter Petley (1857).

Edderton Cross Slab is a Class III Pictish stone standing in the old graveyard of the village of Edderton, Easter Ross. Pictish stones are monumental Stelae found in Scotland, mostly north of the Clyde-Forth line A graveyard is any place set aside for long-term burial of the dead with or without monuments such as Headstones It is usually located near and administered by a Edderton (Eadardan is a village near Tain, lying on the Dornoch Firth in the Tarbat peninsula, Easter Ross. Easter Ross is a loosely defined area in the east of Ross, Highland, Scotland. The stone is of red sandstone. On the western side there is an undecorated but elegant celtic cross, the circles within its rings emphasised by being left in relief. A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines a Cross with a ring surrounding the intersection On the eastern side there is another cross on the upper half, standing on a semi-circular base or arch, within which is a horseman in relief, with two further riders incised below. The slab was formerly sunk considerably deeper in the earth, concealing the lower two horsemen, but has recently been raised to its presumed original height (notice the lack of lichen on the lower half in the accompanying photograph).

This monument should not be confused with the Edderton Symbol Stone, or Clach Biorach ("pointed stone"), a red sandstone pillar of Bronze Age origin with Pictish symbols incised on it, which stands in a field near the village of Edderton a little to the west. The Clach Biorach (in English, "Sharp Stone" is a three-metre Standing Stone located a 1/4 mile north-west of the village of Edderton in The term Bronze Age refers to a period in human cultural development when the most advanced Metalworking (at least in systematic and widespread use included techniques for

Further fragments of early medieval cross-slabs, in poor condition, from Edderton churchyard, are preserved in Tain Museum. Tain ( Gaelic Baile Dhubhthaich, Duthac's town is a former Royal burgh in the Committee area of Ross and Cromarty, in

References

MacNamara, Ellen, The Pictish Stones of Easter Ross, (Tain, 2003)

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Celtic art is art associated with various people known as Celts; those who spoke the Celtic languages in Europe from pre-history through to the modern period Pictish stones are monumental Stelae found in Scotland, mostly north of the Clyde-Forth line This article refers to an area of Scotland For other uses see Ross (disambiguation. The Ardjachie Stone is an uncut but decorated Red sandstone boulder discovered by farmers in 1960 on the Ardjachie Farm in the Tarbat peninsula of Easter Ross. The Dingwall Stone is a Class I Pictish stone located in Dingwall, Easter Ross. The Clach Biorach (in English, "Sharp Stone" is a three-metre Standing Stone located a 1/4 mile north-west of the village of Edderton in The Hilton of Cadboll Stone is a Class II Pictish stone discovered at Hilton of Cadboll, on the Tarbat Peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland. The Nigg Stone is an incomplete Class II Pictish cross-slab, perhaps dating to the end of the 8th century The Portmahomack sculpture fragments are the slabs and stone fragments which have been discovered at the Easter Ross settlement of Portmahomack (Tarbat The Rosemarkie Stone or Rosemarkie Cross is a Class II Pictish stone. The Rosemarkie sculpture fragments are the Pictish slabs and stone fragments other than the main Rosemarkie Stone which have been discovered in Rosemarkie The Clach a' Mheirlich (literally the "Thief's stone" is a Standing Stone located on a field near Rosskeen, Easter Ross, Scotland The Clach a' Charridh or Shandwick Stone is a Pictish stone located near Shandwick on the Tarbat peninsula in Easter Ross, Scotland The Clach an Tiompain (in English, the "Sounding Stone" or The Eagle Stone is a small Class I Pictish stone located on a hill in Strathpeffer

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