Ardlair Stone
| The Ardlair Stone | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Ardlair Stone in 2015 | |
| Material | Grey Gneiss |
| Symbols |
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| Discovered | Identified as Pictish 1901 |
| Present location | Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Coordinates | 57°20′19″N 2°44′27″W / 57.3385°N 2.7409°W |
| Classification | Class I incised stone |
| Culture | Picto-Scottish |
| Designations | |
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| Official name | Ardlair Symbol Stone |
| Type | Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone, Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone |
| Designated | 31 December 1923 |
| Reference no. | SM65 |
The Ardlair Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands in a field in Ardlair, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is associated with a number of other stones that have been proposed by some to be the remains of a recumbent stone circle.
Description
[edit]A rough hewn stone of grey Gneiss, the stone was identified as Pictish in 1901.[1] The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast, the tuning fork and the mirror.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Coles, Fred R. (1902), "Report on stone circles in Aberdeenshire (Inverurie, Eastern Parishes, and Insch Districts), with measured plans and drawings, obtained under the Gunning Fellowship." (PDF), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 36, pp. 488–581, retrieved 15 August 2014
- ^ Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland