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Reference
Date 1980
Event ID 929244
Category Documentary Reference
Type Reference
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/929244
There are several descriptions of these stones; that (no. 4) bearing a double disc and Z-rod is in the Anthropological Museum, University of Aberdeen, while the others are at Banchory House (NJ 915 024).
No. 1 measures 0.69m x 0.46m and is incised with the double disc and Z-rod, rudely drawn, but with unusual flourishes.
No. 2 measures 0.68m x 0.38m and is incised with the fish symbol, having a triangle with a central dot above the head.
No. 3 measures 0.46m x 0.23m and bears a crescent symbol crossed with an equilateral triangle.
No. 4 measures 0.68m x 0.38m and bears the double disc and Z-rod symbol.
No. 5 measures 0.38m x 0.15m and bears a rough approximation of the double disc symbol.
No. 6 is nearly cubical in shape, measuring 0.1m each way. It bears on the front a circle and the end of a Z-rod; on the back, a circle and the letter 'R'?; on the right side, a circle (or the letter 'Q') with a small cross, and on the left, a 'T' combined with the circle as well as the cross.
Information from R Jones 1980; RCAHMS 1994.
