Ardlair Stone

Coordinates: 57°20′19″N 2°44′27″W / 57.3385°N 2.7409°W / 57.3385; -2.7409

The Ardlair Stone
Material	Grey Gneiss
Classification	Class I incised stone
Symbols	Pictish beast Tuning fork Mirror
Discovered	Identified as Pictish 1901
Present location	Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire

The Ardlair Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands in a field in Ardlair, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is associated with a number of other stones that have been postulated by some to be the remains of a recumbent stone circle.

Description

A rough hewn stone of grey Gneiss, the stone was identified as Pictish in 1901.^[1] The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast, the tuning fork and the mirror.^[2]

References

↑ Coles, Fred R. (1902), "Report on stone circles in Aberdeenshire (Inverurie, Eastern Parishes, and Insch Districts), with measured plans and drawings, obtained under the Gunning Fellowship." (PDF), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 36, pp. 488–581, retrieved 15 August 2014
↑ Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland

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Pictish sculptured stones

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Perth and Kinross	Bullion Stone Dupplin Cross Meigle standing stones

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