Clasach Cove

Crescent moon and V-bar

Clasach Cove (also Clashach) is a sea-side cave east of Hopeman in Moray , Scotland , with a small Class I engraving on the east wall of the cave.

cave

Pictish symbols

Clashach Cove is a large cave, but it's the small tunnel to the west that houses the symbols on its east wall. It is a relatively small representation of a crescent moon and a V-rod. Compared with the depictions in the nearby Sculptor's Cave ( German “Cave of the Sculptor” ) near Elgin , this engraving is rather insignificant.

geology

The sandstone in which the cave lies is an excellent outcrop . Structural geologists use the site to discuss with the engineers what a conventional carbon dioxide reservoir might look like. To do this, the permeability of the sandstone must be carefully examined.

literature

I. Armit & R. Schulting: An Iron Age decapitation from the Sculptor's Cave. Covesea, Northeast Scotland 2007

Individual evidence

↑ In “The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland” (1903) J. Romilly Allen (1847–1907) and Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) classified the stones into three classes. Critics have noted weaknesses in the system, but it is widely used.

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Description and picture

57.713076 -3.411523Coordinates: 57 ° 42 ′ 47.1 " N , 3 ° 24 ′ 41.5" W.

[1] In “The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland” (1903) J. Romilly Allen (1847–1907) and Joseph Anderson (1832–1916) classified the stones into three classes. Critics have noted weaknesses in the system, but it is widely used.