Monument record MHG10794 - Symbol Stone, Clynekirkton Churchyard

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Grid reference Centred NC 8945 0607 (6m by 6m) (Buffered by site type)
Map sheet NC80NE
Geographical Area SUTHERLAND
Old County SUTHERLAND
Civil Parish CLYNE

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See also:
NC80NE0079 Clynekirkton Graveyard
NC80NE0013 Clynekirkton Belfry
NC80NE0017 Clynekirkton Church and Burial Ground
NC80NE0024 Clynekirkton Churchyard symbol stone
NC80NE0026 Clynekirkton Churchyard cross slab
NC80NE0040 Clynekirkton Manse
JHooper, 27/11/2002
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NC80NE 17.2 8946 0607.

No. 2. Found in 1868 by Dr Lawson Tait in Clyne churchyard, it is said to have been taken from the 300 feet terrace on Clyne Milton Farm (NC 915 068) and was removed to Dunrobin Museum in 1869 (1869.8). It is made of purplish, flaggy, medium grained sandstone and measures 1.24m long by 0.43m wide by 0.06m thick. It bears the rectangular, crescent and V-rod and mirror symbols.
Infomation from R Jones 1980.

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  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Jackson, A. 1984. The symbol stones of Scotland: a social anthropological resolution to the problem of the Picts.
  • --- Text/Publication/Volume: Ritchie, J N G. 1985. Pictish symbol stones: a handlist 1985. 13.

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Mar 13 2008 10:55AM

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