Moray HER - NJ14SE0001 - KNOCKANDO SYMBOL STONES

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Primary ReferenceNJ14SE0001
NameKNOCKANDO SYMBOL STONES
NRHE Card No.NJ14SE1
NRHE Numlink 16043
HES SM No. 1225
HES LB No. NULL
Site Form Standing Structure
Site Condition Incomplete
Details Two Pictish Class I symbol stones and a stone inscribed with runes, now displayed in Knockando Parish Church boundary wall (NJ14SE0028). The stones are said to have come from the old burial ground of Pulvrenan (NJ24SW0003) on the bank of the Spey below Knockando House. The smaller of the two Pictish stones is a slab of gneiss, circa 1.44 m x 0.55 m (4 ft 9 x 1 ft 10), bearing a single disc with central radials, and two crescents and V-rods. The other Pictish stone is a larger slab of diorite, circa 1.9 m x 0.45 m (6 ft 3 x 1 ft 6), with a serpent and a mirror with double disc pattern handle, although they are now rather too weathered to comprehend easily. The third stone, inscribed with runes, measures 1.31 m x 0.57 m. The runic inscriptions are now very worn.
Last Update10/01/2024
Updated Bycpalmer
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Date of Compilation17/11/1977

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Monument Type 1Monument Type 2Monument Type 3OrderProbability
STONES PICTISH IF100
STONES PICTISHA100
SYMBOLSMARIGOLD B100
SYMBOLSCRESCENTV-RODC100
SYMBOLS SERPENTD100
SYMBOLSMIRROR E100