Rhynie Description of stone
Event ID 1022135
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1022135
Rhynie 2, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H c 0.96m, W 0.72m
Stone type: whinstone
Place of discovery: NJ 4985 2702
Present location: beside the gate at the north end of the square.
Evidence for discovery: found during roadworks around 1836 near the Plough Inn at Rhynie and placed near Howies Inn. In 1864 it was taken to the market square.
Present condition: very weathered.
Description
On one side of this slab are traces of an incised double disc and Z-rod symbol above a possible second symbol.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS 182, no 2; Fraser 2008, no 43.2.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017.
