Dunnichen Stone
The Dunnichen Stone is a class 1 Pictish symbol stone that was discovered in 1811 in Dunnichen , Angus , Scotland .
In the early 19th century, the Dunnichen Stone was excavated on a supposed battlefield. The exact place at which the stone was found is unknown, it was probably a field in the east of the "Mains of Dunnichen", on the southeast slope of Dunnichen Hill. The stone was initially set up at an unidentified Kirkton church in Dunnichen or Letham and then moved to the garden of Dunnichen House. He came to the St. Vigeans Museum in 1967 and to the Dundee Museum in 1972. It is currently in the Meffan Institute in Forfar . There is a replica at Dunnichen Church.
description
The stone, about 1.5 m high, 0.7 m wide and 0.3 m thick, is made of raw sandstone . Three symbols are cut into one side: a “Pictish flower”, a double disk and a Z-rod, as well as a mirror and a comb. While the latter are common, the so-called flower is relatively rare, but can also be found in the Sculptor's Cave and on the Golspie Stone . Its interpretation as a flower is, however, controversial, also because it often occupies the topmost position on the stone; there is also an interpretation as horse harness.
literature
- Iain Fraser: The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, Edinburgh 2008, pp. 62–63.
- EJ Cowan, R. Andrew McDonald (Eds.): Alba. Celtic Scotland in the medieval era. Tuckwell, East Linton 2000, ISBN 1-86232-151-5 , pp. 76-87.
- Richard Feachem: Guide to prehistoric Scotland. 2nd edition, Batsford, London 1977, ISBN 0-7134-3264-0 .
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Coordinates: 56 ° 38 ′ 38.8 " N , 2 ° 53 ′ 20.8" W.