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Clach Ard is one of three Pictish symbol stones on the Isle of Skye. Most of the about 250 stones found so far come from the area between Fife in the south, Orkney and Shetland in the north and are primarily located in the eastern half of Scotland. Only nine have been found in the western half. Clach Ard stands to the southern tip of Loch Snizort.. It was found in 1880 during the demolition of a cottage, where it was used as a lintel, and moved to its present position. Clach Ard means ‘high stone’. It is almost 1.4 metres high and 0.5 metres wide.

The Brandsbutt Stone is a Pictish symbol stone, which had been broken up and used in building a dry stone wall before 1866. The stone, now reassembled, bears two incised Pictish symbols, a crescent and v-rod and a serpent and z-rod, and an inscription in Ogham, an early Medieval alphabet used primarily to write the early Irish language. The carvings of the Brandsbutt Stone are dated to around AD 600.