Birnie Churchyard, Pictish Symbol Stone
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Birnie Churchyard, Pictish Symbol Stone
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Canmore ID 16411
Site Number NJ25NW 1.01
NGR NJ 20634 58737
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Moray
- Parish Birnie
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Moray
- Former County Morayshire
Birnie 1 (St Brendan), Moray, Pictish symbol stone
Measurements: H 1.00m above ground, W 0.64m, D 0.51m
Stone type: granite
Place of discovery: NJ 2063 5873
Present location: in situ beside the north entrance to Birnie kirkyard.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded c 1850 built into the kirkyard wall and soon afterwards moved to stand beside the entrance.
Present condition: severely weathered.
Description
This tapering slab is incised with a standing eagle facing left, above a notched rectangle and Z-rod.
Date range: seventh century
Primary references: Stuart 1856, pl 17; ECMS pt 3, 118, Fraser 2008, no 150.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2018.
NJ25NW 1.01 20634 58737
This symbol stone of granite 3 1/2ft x 2ft x 2ft bears the eagle and Z-rod as well as a rectangular device and stands against the outside of the entrance to the churchyard.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903; RCAHMS 1985.
Reference (1997)
Class I symbol stone bearing an eagle over a divided-rectangle and Z-rod.
A Mack 1997.
