page_title: Rosemarkie Stone
hierarchical_section_title: Rosemarkie Stone
caption_attribution_description: The Rosemarkie Stone is a Sculpted Cross Slab Class II. Dressed and carved pink sandstone - 4 sides sculpted in relief; unusual in that it bears 2 carved crosses, 3 Pictish crescents and the narrow sides are decorated with great variety and complexity. Top missing. Found in 1819 Rosemarkie Church. This file was uploaded as part of a GLAMWiki partnership with Groam House Museum. You can find out more on the Museums Galleries Scotland project page. This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing.
context_page_description: The Rosemarkie Stone or Rosemarkie Cross, a Class II Pictish stone, is one of the major surviving examples of Pictish art in stone.
  Carved from fine-grained sandstone, the Rosemarkie stone was found sometime prior to 1821 in the floor of the old church in the village of Rosemarkie. Rosemarkie was the probable site of a major Pictish monastery, on the Black Isle of Easter Ross. When found, the stone was broken into two parts that have since been reconstructed. The reconstructed stone is now on display in Rosemarkie's Groam House Museum.
  On the front side is an elaborately decorated cross, while on the reverse side are various common Pictish symbols, including three crescents and v-rods and a double-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.
context_section_description: The Rosemarkie Stone or Rosemarkie Cross, a Class II Pictish stone, is one of the major surviving examples of Pictish art in stone.
  Carved from fine-grained sandstone, the Rosemarkie stone was found sometime prior to 1821 in the floor of the old church in the village of Rosemarkie. Rosemarkie was the probable site of a major Pictish monastery, on the Black Isle of Easter Ross. When found, the stone was broken into two parts that have since been reconstructed. The reconstructed stone is now on display in Rosemarkie's Groam House Museum.
  On the front side is an elaborately decorated cross, while on the reverse side are various common Pictish symbols, including three crescents and v-rods and a double-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.
caption: Detail of crescent and v-rod showing reconstructed join between previously broken parts
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