Pictish symbol stone fragment. Inverurie 2.

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Inverurie 2, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone fragment

Measurements: H 0.75m, W 0.62m, D 0.28m

Stone type: red granite

Evidence for discovery: all four symbol stones were built into the walls of the medieval church, which was demolished in 1775. They were then built into the churchyard wall, whence they were removed and set up in a line in the churchyard in the nineteenth century.

Description: Part only of a symbol stone, this fragment is incised with two symbols: the disc and rectangle, and the arch, both with internal decoration.

Date: seventh century.

Sources:

https://online.aberdeenshire.gov.uk/smrpub/master/detail.aspx?refno=NJ72SE0011

https://canmore.org.uk/event/1021987