Aberdeenshire HER - NJ42NE0029 - RHYNIE OLD KIRKYARD PICTISH STONES

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Feature: NJ42NE0029 - RHYNIE OLD KIRKYARD PICTISH STONES
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Two Class I Pictish symbol stones were dug up amongst a number of other large stones from the foundations of the old church at Rhynie (NJ42NE0053) in the summer of 1878. One, of red granite, was used to form the foundation of a gate pillar but was recovered and now stands with the other against the north wall of the old churchyard by the entrance gateway. The other, of whinstone, was reported (1880) to have been broken up and part reused as road metal. The whinstone example has a beast's head, double-disc, Z rod, and mirror and comb symbols on it. The red granite stone is incised with a double-disc, Z-rod, crescent and V-rod and mirror symbol. These two stones, along with another symbol stone (NJ42NE0046) found during ploughing at nearby Barflat in 1978, are on display within a stone and timber shelter at the north end of the carpark (NJ 4997 2659) near the entrance to the old St Luag's Church of Rhynie and cemetery (NJ42NE0053).
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