Brandsbutt Stone
Coordinates: 57°17′30″N 2°24′00″W / 57.2916°N 2.4000°W
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The Brandsbutt Stone, showing detail of ogham script | |
| Material | Whinstone |
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| Size | 1.07 metres (3.5 ft) |
| Classification | Class I incised stone |
| Symbols |
Crescent and v-rod Serpent and z-rod |
| Writing |
Ogham script: irataddoarens |
| Present location | Inverurie, Aberdeenshire |
The Brandsbutt Stone is a class I Pictish symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Description
A large block of whinstone, 1.07 metres (3.5 ft) high, 1.27 metres (4.2 ft) wide and 0.91 metres (3.0 ft) deep, the stone had been broken up and used in building a dry stone wall before 1866.[1] The stone, now reassembled, bears two incised Pictish symbols, a crescent and v-rod and a serpent and z-rod, and an inscription in Ogham, IRATADDOARENS.
References
- ↑ Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, pp. 62–63
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