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TITLE
Stone at Nigg
EXTERNAL ID
QZP40_2475_P001a
PLACENAME
Nigg
DISTRICT
Fearn
OLD COUNTY/PARISH
ROSS: Nigg
CREATOR
Petley, Charles Carter
SOURCE
Highland Libraries
ASSET ID
31703
KEYWORDS
stone
carving
sculpture
Stone at Nigg

This is an illustration from an article on carved stones in Ross-shire by Charles Carter Petley, published in 'Archaeologica Scotica' Vol. 4 (1857). The stone stood in the churchyard at Nigg and was broken off during a hurricane in 1747. Petley quotes the height of the stone as 8ft. 6in and the width as 3ft. 5in. He comments that the animals are 'accurately and spiritedly executed'

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Stone at Nigg

ROSS: Nigg

stone; carving; sculpture

Highland Libraries

Fraser Mackintosh Collection (illustrations)

This is an illustration from an article on carved stones in Ross-shire by Charles Carter Petley, published in 'Archaeologica Scotica' Vol. 4 (1857). The stone stood in the churchyard at Nigg and was broken off during a hurricane in 1747. Petley quotes the height of the stone as 8ft. 6in and the width as 3ft. 5in. He comments that the animals are 'accurately and spiritedly executed'