Pictish symbol stone. Inverurie 1.

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Inverurie 1 Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone fragment

Measurements: H 1.67m, W 0.48m, D 0.23m

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: This slab is incised with parts of four Pictish symbols, one above the other: from the top, a crescent and V-rod, a circular disc and rectangle (‘mirror-case’), a serpent with a straight rod, and a double disc and Z-rod

Date: seventh century.

Source:

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

http://canmore.org.uk/event/1021986