Girdle Stane
The Girdle Stane ( German "belt stone " ), also called Gray Stone, Dunnichen 1 or Girdlestane, is a boundary stone between the communities of Dunnichen and Rescobie, north of Letham near Forfar in Angus in Scotland . The stone was previously in a secondary position about 125 m north near the road. It is now lying slightly on its side.
Of about 1.2 m long and 0.9 m wide Girdle Stane is an undoubtedly more periodically provided with scorings Schalenstein ( English cup-and-ring Stone ) with at least four bowls and three rings. The earliest stage is the typical Neolithic-Bronze Age stage near the center of the stone.
Around the central archetype is a wide carved ring about 75 cm in diameter, which extends almost to the edges of the stone. This large surrounding motif and other features - including a large elongated "S" and those markings made in the lower corner - were admixtures that led James Simpson (1867) to question the ancient classification of the belt stone.
Nearby is the Dunnichen Stone , discovered in 1811 , a Pictish symbol stone of class 1.
literature
- John Sherriff: “Prehistoric rock-carving in Angus,” In: Tayside & Fife Archaeological Journal, Volume 1, 1995.
Web links
- Description Engl. and picture
- Description Engl. and picture
- Entry on Girdle Stane in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
Coordinates: 56 ° 38 ′ 13.3 " N , 2 ° 46 ′ 15.6" W.