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Two Class I Pictish symbol stones. The stones were removed from NJ 4985 2702 in 1836 and re-erected at the northwest end of Rhynie square opposite Rhynie Parish Church (NJ42NE0120), the smaller stone up-side-down. A quantity of human bones were dug up near the site at the same time. The symbols on the smaller stone (known as Rhynie 2) are a double disc and Z-rod, which are now almost obliterated by weathering. This stone was found during ploughing near the village. The other stone (known as Rhynie 3) shows an incised warrior standing carrying what may be a spear in front of him and a short rectangular shield. Round his neck is a pendant and at his feet an axe. Five concentric arcs appear below his feet. The two symbol stones are believed to have been moved around 1836 when the turnpike road was built at Rhynie, near the Plough Inn (NJ42NE0231). After an interval in which they were placed beside the Howies Inn, the stones were removed in 1864 to the centre of the market square facing the church. They were removed from the centre of the square and placed together at the northwest end of the square when the war memorial was erected in around 1918.
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