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Portsoy
Whetstone (Pictish)
Site Name Portsoy
Classification Whetstone (Pictish)
Canmore ID 17940
Site Number NJ56NE 8
NGR NJ 59 66
NGR Description NJ c. 59 66
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/17940
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Fordyce
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Banff And Buchan
- Former County Banffshire
NJ56NE 8 c. 59 66
A cylindrical stone 5 1/2 ins long and engraved with Pictish Symbols, now in the British Museum, was probably found at Portsoy. BM: 1921,7-9,1.
Anon 1922; R A Smith 1923.