Picardy Stone
The Picardy Stone (also Myreton farm called) is a Pictish Stone category Class 1 from the 6th or 7th century. AD. It stands on a street between Netherton and Myreton FATM, north of Insch in Aberdeenshire in Scotland . It is believed that it was erected as a memorial stone for a local personality. It is fenced off in its original position.
When the area around the stone was surveyed in 1856, it was found that the stone was standing on a cairn about 1.8 m in diameter that was about 0.9 m below the surface. About 0.9 m south of the stone and 1.5 m deep was an empty grave about 2.1 m long. Under the top stones was "the usual black shape" and some of the stones were marked by traces of fire.
It is engraved with a double disk and a Z-rod, a snake and a Z-rod, and a mirror symbol.
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 .
Web links
- Entry on Picardy Stone in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database
- Description and pictures
Coordinates: 57 ° 21 ′ 40.1 ″ N , 2 ° 39 ′ 0.3 ″ W.