Discovered in 1894 - a farmer ploughing his fields at Easterton farm, unearthed the top of a burial cist. The pictish stone formed the West side of the irregularly shaped cist.

It seems the stone had been re-used, as both sides, including the outermost side, exposed to the soil, are inscribed with pictish designs.

Outer aspect of stone, A large Crescent with notch (A bridge, or 'rainbow-arch' to some), above a crescent and v-rod, and mirror and comb.

Reverse side - A goose, with neck arched back over body, above a salmon.

The goose is a rare form of a pictish design, likely 5-6th Century in its construction.

Nearby can be found the Sculptor's Cave and Burghead's Pictish Fort. Numerous Cists and burial cairns are found locally, at Inverugie and the hill of Tappoch.]]>
The stone was originally located further down the hill, towards Dingwall, but was moved to its current site in 1411. One old traditional story, is that the stone marks the site of a Scottish clan battle that took place in 1411 between the Clan Munro and a branch of the Clan MacDonald, and that the stone commemorates a Munro victory as it is marked with their symbol, an eagle.]]>
The symbol is found in various combinations with other symbols, notably with the crescent and v-rod. The symbol is constructed from a larger central circle flanked with two smaller circles on either side. It is sometimes shown with a "bar" bisecting all three circles.]]>
The Z-rod, like the V-rod, may represent a broken arrow or spear, but again this is a Pictish symbol of unknown meaning.
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Also sometimes a square shaped motif with Z-rod symbol is represented.

It is thought that the rectangle in the centre of the lower half of these shapes, may represent a doorway.]]>