Aberdeenshire HER - NJ53NE0003 - LEYS OF DRUMMUIES FARM

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ53NE0003
Name	LEYS OF DRUMMUIES FARM
NMRS Card No.	NJ53NE6
NMRS Numlink	17740
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Site of two Pictish symbol stones. One Class I, the other unknown but probably the same. Part of one stone buried at find spot with other part of same stone now in National Museum of Scotland. It bears symbols of a double disc and Z-rod. A second stone was also found, said to bear symbols though unknown what they were and was used as a foundation stone in the building to the west of the farm.
Last Update	31/08/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 5582 3762

Easting: 377360, Northing: 860550

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Date of Compilation

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
0	0	SYMBOL STONE		Stray Find		National Museum of Scotland	IB 179

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STONES		PICTISH I	A	100
SYMBOLS	DOUBLE-DISC	Z-ROD	B	100
STONES		PICTISH	C	100

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National Status

Regional Status

Photo Details

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
01868	PSAS 49(1914-15) 33-49	J RITCHIE	1915				48-9
00003	THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND: 3	JR ALLEN	1903	Y		EDINBURGH	3,167
00026	PSAS 23,(1888-9) 344-55	J ANDERSON	1889				344-55
03248	THE PICTISH SYMBOL STONES OF SCOTLAND	I FRASER	2008				24-25		2008

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Drumblade
Positional Accuracy	Location only
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	Privately owned, access by arrangement - easy access.
Altitude	190
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	N,NE,W,
Aspect 2	Open
Current Land Use	Agricultural
Vegetation
Soil Type
Hydrology

Measurements

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Shape 2
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Historic Land Use

Period Details

Period	Order	Probability	Radiocarbon Dates	Date Built	Date of Destruction	Date of Loss
Early Medieval (400 - 900 AD)	A	100

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Maritime Archaeology

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