Rhynie Description of stone
Event ID 1022138
Category Descriptive Accounts
Type Early Medieval Carved Stones Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1022138
Rhynie 5, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.63m (ECMS), W 0.76m, D 0.23m
Stone type: whinstone
Place of discovery: NJ 4992 2649
Present location: in a wooden shelter in the kirkyard car-park.
Evidence for discovery: found re-used in the foundations of the old church during demolition in 1878.
Present condition: weathered and top right-hand corner is damaged.
Description
One broad face of this slab bears three incised symbols: the beast’s head and the double disc and Z-rod above a mirror and comb. The surviving terminal of the z-rod is simplified, the mirror has a double-disc shaped handle and the comb is single-sided.
Date: seventh century.
References: ECMS pt 3, 183-4, no 5; Fraser 2008, no 43.5.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017