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Three Class I Pictish symbol stones of whinstone. Each is incised on one face, and originally lay horizontally, close to each other, on the Moor of Carden (NJ 69 26). When the moor was planted in circa 1821, they were moved first to NJ 6880 2663 and incorporated into a plantation wall, then to their present position in the garden of Logie House (at NJ 7033 2589, NJ72NW0059). A fourth stone, used by a tenant as a hearth-stone for his kiln, was split by heat and destroyed. The first stone is of an irregular, five sided shape (1.06 x 0.l73 x 0.30 m) and bears a crescent and V-rod above a double-disc. The second stone tapers to a point towards the top (1.37 x 0.76 x 0.45 m) and bears a crescent and V-rod above a double disc and Z-rod. These symbols overlay and partially erased an earlier double-disc symbol. Above all of these symbols is a circular ogham inscription which is one of only two known circular ogham inscriptions - the inscription reads clockwise 'Q U D D A L T'. The third stone is roughly rectangular (1.06 x 0.7 x 0.18 m). An elephant-like beast and crescent with V-rod are incised on it.
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