Aberdeenshire HER - NJ72SW0013 - DRIMMIES

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ72SW0013
Name	DRIMMIES
NMRS Card No.	NJ72SW16
NMRS Numlink	18985
Site Form	Standing Structure
Site Condition	Incomplete
Details	Remains of a Pictish symbol stone Class I. Built into a garden wall of Drimmies Farm (NJ72SW0047), facing the road on the east side of the entrance. It is a slab of red granite bearing the symbols of a mirror and comb above which is a curvilinear symbol and possible horseshoe symbol, the latter two truncated.
Last Update	31/05/2022

National Grid Reference: NJ 7426 2350

Easting: 384300, Northing: 789600

Compiler
Date of Compilation	16/09/1989

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
STONES		PICTISH I	A	100
SYMBOLS	MIRROR	COMB	B	100
SYMBOLS	CURVILINEAR	REMAINS OF	C	100
SYMBOLS	HORSESHOE		D	85

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National Status

National Status
Scheduled (under AM + Arch Area Act 1979)

Regional Status

Photo Details

Source	Reference	Photo Type	Film Type	Date
GRA	CT 3a	Ground	Black & White	29/08/1984
GRA	JK 14-15	Ground	Black & White	14/09/1989
RCM	C 61229 CN	Ground	Colour Negative	12/09/1995
AAS	AAS/GR/76/CT104	Ground	Colour Transparency	01/01/1976
AAS	AAS/GR/89/CT514,547	Ground	Colour Transparency	01/01/1989

Bibliographic Detail

Bib Ref No	Title	Author	Date	Others	Editor	Published	Details	Date M	Date Y
03248	THE PICTISH SYMBOL STONES OF SCOTLAND	I FRASER	2008				pp20-21, no.16		2008
00003	THE EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND: 3	JR ALLEN	1903	Y		EDINBURGH	162-3, FIG 171
00119	ANTS.IN NEIGHBOURHOOD,DUNECHT	GF BROWN	1921				143, PL 44
02237	SCULPTURED STONES OF SCOT I	J STUART	1856				PL IX	0	0
01485	A.M'S SCOT.		1962				8

Location

Historic Administrative Area Name	Inverurie
Positional Accuracy	Centred at
Buffer Zone	15-20m
Buffer Type	Automated
Capture Scale	Unknown
Spatial Feature Type	Polygon: Unknown Extent

Environment

Constraints	A public monument, open all hours (free).
Altitude	70
Geology
Topography	Gentle slope
Aspect 1	NE
Aspect 2	Closed
Current Land Use	Agricultural
Vegetation
Soil Type	2s
Hydrology

Measurements

Plan
Shape 1
Shape 2
Diameter
Length
Width
Thickness
Depth
Area
Height

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

Period Notes

Period Notes

Architect Details

Architect Details

Maritime Archaeology

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