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Field Visit
Date 6 September 2000
Event ID 920492
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/920492
This symbol stone stands on a bank on the N side of the main driveway, 50m W of Tillypronie House (NJ40NW 112.00). In its present form it is an irregularly shaped slab measuring 0.60m in breadth by 0.38m in thickness and 0.87m in height. The reverse face is deeply concave, and the broken left-hand edge indicates that it once formed part of a larger block. The stone displays two incised symbols, namely a notched rectangle and Z-rod, above a crescent and V-rod. The rectangle has semi-circular indents at the mid-point of each vertical side, and its 'legs' to either side of the long round-headed 'notch' contain two small incised arcs; the upper half is divided into two by a single vertical line. The Z-rod, which crosses the rectangle above the semi-circular indents, is embellished with curved 'brackets' at its angles, and a pair of S-shaped scrolls at each terminal. The right hand, upper, terminal is further decorated with a crescent.
The crescent is decorated with a series of internal arcs, and the V-rod that cuts across it has a curved bracket at its angle, the terminals of which rest on the lower arc of the crescent. The right-hand terminal bears a pair of S-shaped scrolls similar to those of the Z-rod, but with the addition of a leaf-shaped 'arrow-head' with central dot. The left-hand terminal is missing.
The stone is reported to have originally stood on a low hillock, Tom a Char, near Logie Coldstone (NJ 430 048). Thereafter, it was taken to Mill of Newton (NJ 432 047) and built into the gable wall of a house forming part of the farm offices (NSA 1845, 1070-1), where it was recorded by Stuart (J Stuart 1857, 7). The stone was presumably trimmed to its present shape when it was built into the gable. By 1903 the stone had been taken to its present location at Tillypronie House (J R Allan and J Anderson 1903, 179-80).
Visited by RCAHMS (Ifr), 6 September 2000).
