Ardlair Stone

The Ardlair Stone
Ardlair Stone in 2015
Material	Grey Gneiss
Symbols	Pictish beast Tuning fork Mirror
Discovered	Identified as Pictish 1901
Present location	Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coordinates	57°20′19″N2°44′27″W / 57.3385°N 2.7409°W / 57.3385; -2.7409
Classification	Class I incised stone
Culture	Picto-Scottish

Designations
Scheduled monument
Official name	Ardlair Symbol Stone
Type	Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone, Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone
Designated	31 December 1923
Reference no.	SM65

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 proposed 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

1. 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, vol. 36, pp. 488–581, retrieved 15 August 2014
2. Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland

External links

• Historic Environment Scotland. "Ardlair, symbol stone and adjacent standing stone, SSW of (SM65)".