East Balhalgardy
Architectural Fragment (Period Unassigned), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Site Name East Balhalgardy
Classification Architectural Fragment (Period Unassigned), Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)
Alternative Name(s) East Balhaggardy; Easter Balhalgardy
Canmore ID 18912
Site Number NJ72SE 4
NGR NJ 7608 2379
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/18912
- Council Aberdeenshire
- Parish Chapel Of Garioch
- Former Region Grampian
- Former District Gordon
- Former County Aberdeenshire
East Balhaggardy, Aberdeenshire, Pictish symbol stone fragment
Measurements: H 1.70m, W 0.29m
Stone type: granite
Place of discovery: NJ 7608 2379
Present location: re-used as lintel over a window in a storehouse at East Balhaggardy Farm.
Evidence for discovery: first recorded in 1914.
Present condition: the original large slab has been split longitudinally and trimmed for re-use, and there is surface damage.
Description
This slab is incised with part of a probable double disc and Z-rod symbol comprising a disc with three concentric circles and straight lines belonging to the Z-rod.
Date: seventh century.
References: Ritchie 1915, 33-4; Fraser 2008, no 19.
Compiled by A Ritchie 2017
Field Visit (7 March 1996)
[Classification amended to Pictish Symbol Stone; Architectural Fragment]. The lintel of a farm building in the steading of Easter (East) Balhalgardy (NJ72SE 145) is probably a Class I Pictish symbol stone. The stone has probably been trimmed for reuse, but its face bears three concentric incised circles, possibly forming part of a double-disc symbol, and to its left, an incised line. Immediately above the lintel is a reused architectural fragment with a simple roll-moulding along its upper edge.
Visited by RCAHMS (IF, JRS), 7 March 1996.
Desk Based Assessment
NJ72SE 4 7608 2379.
This fragmentary stone is now a lintel above a window at East Balhalgardy; it bears what may be part of a double disc symbol. Thomas (1963) describes a circular disc and traces of another, indecipherable, symbol.
J Ritchie 1915; C Thomas 1963; RCAHMS 1985.
Information from OS.
