Dead Man's Howe, Wantonwells
Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name Dead Man's Howe, Wantonwells
Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Canmore ID 18159
Site Number NJ62NW 38
NGR NJ 6145 2745
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Insch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
Wantonwells, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 1.22m, W 0.72m
Stone type: coarse red granite
Place of discovery: NJ 6145 2745
Present location: Marischal Museum, University of Aberdeen (ABDUA 15594).
Evidence for discovery: found during ploughing in 1983 above the Shevock burn.
Present condition: the upper part of the stone is missing, along with the bottom left-hand corner, and the carving is worn.
Description
Incised on one broad face is most of a double disc and Z-rod symbol. Within each disc is carved an inner small circle with a central pit and radial arcs between the two concentric circles, conveying the impression of a seven-petalled flower.
Date: seventh century.
References: DES 1983, 11; Fraser 2008, no 50.
Desk-based information compiled by A Ritchie 2017
Reference (1983)
Class 1. Bearing double disc and rod. Coarse red granite. Found at a depth of 30cm while ploughing. Aberdeen University Museum: ABDUA 15594.
J Inglis 1983.
External Reference
NJ62NW 38 6145 2745
(Location cited as NJ 6145 2745). This incomplete Class I symbol stone was found in ploughing a hillside at an altitude of 135m OD.
NMRS, MS/712/58.
