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Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)

Site Name Inverurie

Classification Pictish Symbol Stone (Pictish)

Alternative Name(s) Old Inverurie Churchyard; Inverurie Cemetery; Inverury No. 4; Inverurie No. 4

Canmore ID 191750

Site Number NJ72SE 11.04

NGR NJ 7802 2062

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Inverurie symbol stone 4, the horse-incised stone, from J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, i, pl. 114.
Inverurie symbol stone 4, the horse-incised stone, from J Stuart, The Sculptured Stones of Scotland, i, pl. 114. Inverurie, NJ72SE 11.4, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoInverurie (no. 4), Pictish Symbol Stone. View from WScanned ink drawing of Inverurie 4 Pictish symbol stoneView of Inverurie Pictish symbol stone no.4, displaying incised figure of horse.Drawing of carved stones, Inverurie.Pictish symbol stone no.4, bearing figure of horse. Original negative captioned: 'Sculptured Stone in Inverurie Churchyard'.Inverurie, NJ72SE 11.4, Ordnance Survey index card, RectoView of face of Inverurie no. 4 Pictish symbol stone and the Bass of Inverurie visible in the background.

Administrative Areas

  • Council Aberdeenshire
  • Parish Inverurie
  • Former Region Grampian
  • Former District Gordon
  • Former County Aberdeenshire

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Field Visit (14 August 2000)

NJ72SE 11.04 7802 2062

(Inverurie no. 4). The Class I symbol stone Inverurie no.4 is the northernmost, and is separated from the others by the Innes of Ardtannes headstone. An unshaped block of pale pink granite with a pointed head, it measures 0.82m in breadth by 0.31m in thickness at ground level and stands 1.23m in height. On the lower half of its W face it bears the incised figure of a horse. This is depicted in motion, with left front and right rear legs raised. The mane is shown as an internal line parallel to the curve of the neck, and by three erect curved, spine-like hairs behind the ear, and by two in front. The eye is circular, with a central dot. Except for the rear hoof which has scaled away, the figure is intact.

Visited by RCAHMS (IF), 14 August 2000.

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