Rhymie Description of stone
Event ID 1022134
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
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Rhynie 1 (Craw Stane), Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H over 1.85m, W 0.9m, D 0.4m
Stone type: grey granite
Place of discovery: NJ 4974 2634
Present location: in situ.
Evidence for discovery: recorded in the 1850s in a field to the south-west of the old kirkyard, later set in a concrete base.
Present condition: good.
Description
One broad face is incised with the fish symbol above the Pictish beast symbol..
Date: seventh century.
References: Stuart 1856, 4; Fraser 2008, no 43.1.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017