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Date 9 March 2007

Event ID 928663

Category Documentary Reference

Type External Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/928663

Scheduled as 'Balbalir Stone, symbol stone, Moniak [Moniack] Castle Wineries... an earthfast, upright carved stone bearing abstract and figurative carving which is prehistoric and early medieval in date'.

The stone is 1.3m high, 0.8m wide and 0.3m thick, and displays the Pictish carving of a man apparently walking from left to right holding a staff or sword, as well as prehistoric cupmarks. It is situated within a modern garden rockery immediately SW of Moniak [Moniack] Castle.

Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 9 March 2007.

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