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Latitude: 57.2368 / 57°14'12"N
Longitude: -2.3445 / 2°20'40"W
OS Eastings: 379301
OS Northings: 816284
OS Grid: NJ793162
Mapcode National: GBR XB.6PV5
Mapcode Global: WH8P2.YCQJ
Entry Name: Kintore, symbol stone near church
Scheduled Date: 16 November 1923
Last Amended: 9 September 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM76
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone
Location: Kintore
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: East Garioch
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument comprises a symbol stone which was dug up in Kintore churchyard and was erected on a new stone base in 1854. The stone was scheduled in 1923 but the scheduling was not properly recorded at the time. The present proposal rectifies this.
It now stands cemented into its stone base just inside the gateway to the churchyard. It is grey granite, measuring 1.1m high, 0.6m wide and 0.25m thick. It is incised on the front with the fish and the triple disc and bar symbols, and on the back with the crescent and V-rod and the "elephant" symbols.
The monument to be scheduled comprises the symbol stone and its stone base, in the position marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as representing a good example of a Pictish symbol stone, which contributes to our understanding of the art, religion, society and material culture of the late Iron Age period.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
Allen and Anderson 1903, III, 171-2
RCAHMS: NJ 71 NE 33.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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