East Balgaggardy Description of stone
Event ID 1018460
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1018460
East Balhaggardy, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 1.70m, W 0.29m
Stone type: granite
Place of discovery: NJ 7608 2379
Present location: re-used as lintel over a window in a storehouse at East Balhaggardy Farm.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1914.
Present condition: the original large slab has been split longitudinally and trimmed for re-use, and there is surface damage.
Description
This slab is incised with part of a probable double disc and Z-rod symbol comprising a disc with three concentric circles and straight lines belonging to the Z-rod.
Date: seventh century.
References: Ritchie 1915, 33-4; Fraser 2008, no 19.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
