Broomend of Crichie stone

Coordinates: 57°16′02″N 2°22′04″W / 57.2672°N 2.3677°W / 57.2672; -2.3677

The Broomend of Crichie Stone
Classification Class I incised stone
Symbols Pictish beast
Crescent and V-rod
Present location Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire

The Broomend of Crichie Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands within a henge at Broomend of Crichie, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was placed within the henge in the 19th century. The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast and the crescent and V-rod.[1]

References

  1. Fraser, Iain (2008), The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland, Edinburgh: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, p. 16
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