Migvie Stone
The Migvie Stone , a Pictish Class II symbol stone , stands in the graveyard of St Finian's Migvie Church, northwest of Aboyne in the Scottish council area of Aberdeenshire .
The approximately 1.8 m high and a maximum of 0.75 m wide stone gneiss is clearly on the front with a cross made of braided leather - or node patterns decorated Cross Slab . The front is less clearly marked with Pictish symbols (double disc, horseshoe, scissors, V-rod, Z-rod and a man on horseback). Two round attachments are cut into the cross, which can represent loops that were used to hold a metal cross.
The only decoration on the back is another tab. A. Jervise found in 1864 that the equestrian figures had recently been defaced. According to the name book of 1866, the symbol stone was found a few feet below ground level in the place where it now stands. It is possible that the stone was used to mark a place for the sermons. The Migvie Stone probably dates from the 8th century.
A nearby stone is littered with 42 bowls.
literature
- Alastair Mack: Field guide to the Pictish symbol stones. Pinkfoot Press, Balgavies 1998, p. 83.
Web links
- Entry on Migvie Stone in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 57 ° 8 ′ 55 ″ N , 2 ° 56 ′ 1.6 ″ W.