Clach Biorach

Clach Chairidh, alternatively named Clach Biorach, is a Class I Pictish stone located in a field near the village of Edderton in Easter Ross.

Description

The standing stone was probably erected at some time in the Neolithic to Middle Bronze Age, and Pictish symbols were later engraved at some time in the Late [Iron Age] to Early Medieval period on its north face. The symbols are a salmon above a double-disc with a Z-rod. When first recorded in 1780, a circle which is no longer visible was shown below on the left, which could have been part of a mirror. It is sandstone, high, and at the base it has a width of and depth of.