The Newton Stone contains two inscriptions. The first is an Ogham script possibly containing personal names, while the second has never been identified and became known from the early 19th century as the "unknown script". The Ogham script is engraved down the left-hand side of the stone and runs across part of its face. There are two rows of Ogham, a long and a short row. Across the top third of the stone, roughly central, is the unidentified script which contains 6 lines comprising 48 characters and symbols, including a swastika.

The second script may have been added to the stone as recent as the late 18th or beginning of the 19th century.]]>
In 1850 the stone was erected outside the church in-cased within a metal frame.

In 1980 Rosemarkie Stone was brought to Groam House Museum for safe keeping.]]>