Lang Stane from Auquhollie
The Lang Stane from Auquhollie (also called Auquhollie Stone ) is an Ogham stone made of gneiss . It stands on the "Nether Auquhollie Farm" near Union Cott on the south flank of Meikle Carew Hill about six kilometers northwest of Stonehaven in Aberdeenshire in Scotland . It is one of the oldest inscribed menhirs in Scotland and was built between 400 and 700 AD.
The stone is listed as a Scheduled Monument .
description
The stone is about 2.6 m high and has a diameter of about 0.68 m. On the northeast side there is a pictorial symbol, which is very weathered (double disc with crossbar). The monolith was once part of a stone circle that was supposedly removed at the end of the 19th century, but for which no evidence could be provided afterwards. In the southeast corner there is a well-preserved Oghamin script (AVUO ANUNAO UATE DOVENI) discovered in 1886, which could be translated as “Avuo Anunao, fortune teller of Dovenio”.
See also
literature
- Francis C. Diack: The Old-Celtic Inscribed and Sculptured Stone at Auquhollie, Kincardineshire, and Ogam in Scotland. In: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Volume 59, 1924-25, pp. 257-269 ( PDF ).
- RCAHMS: The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland. The archaeological sites and monuments of North Kincardine, Kincardine and Deeside District, Grampian Region. In: The archaeological sites and monuments of Scotland series no 21. Edinburgh 1984.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Scheduled Monument - Entry . In: Historic Scotland .
- ^ Francis C. Diack: The Old-Celtic Inscribed and Sculptured Stone at Auquhollie, Kincardineshire, and Ogam in Scotland. In: The Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Volume 59, 1924-25, p. 258
Coordinates: 57 ° 0 ′ 28.8 " N , 2 ° 17 ′ 33.3" W.