Nigg Stone

The Nigg Stone is an incomplete Class II Pictish cross-slab, perhaps dating to the end of the 8th century.

[1] The stone was originally located at the gateway to the grounds of the parish church of Nigg, Easter Ross, Scotland.

It is now displayed, restored to its original proportions, in a room inside the parish church (open in summer; key kept locally).

Part of the missing fragment was recovered in 1998 by Niall M Robertson, in the stream which runs below the mound on which the churchyard is set, having probably been thrown down the bank at the time the slab was 'repaired'.

This small fragment shows most of the 'Pictish beast' symbol, and was preserved in Tain Museum, until being reattached during a restoration in 2013.

Nigg Stone, inside the church
The reverse or "secular" side of the stone in a 19th-century illustration, minus the top section.
Top most fragment, showing depictions on both the front and reverse of the stone.