Symbol stone from Kintore Kirkyard
The Pictish symbol stone from Kintore Kirkyard is in the center of Kintore , a town in Aberdeenshire , Scotland , just behind the entrance to the cemetery.
The granite block wears unconventionally on both sides Pictish symbols . The deviation in the execution indicates that the pages were edited at different times and by different artists. On one side they are professionally executed. It shows a fish , the symbol of wisdom in Irish mythology, and a triple disk or the symbol of a large cauldron. The kettle handle hangs down and the fish tail wraps around the edge of the stone. On the other side, a crescent moon, a V-rod and a so-called "Pictish Beast" are shown by a less experienced or less talented artist.
Three other symbol stones were also found in Kintore. One is now in the Inverurie Museum and two in the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh . The latter two were found in the 19th century in a moth-like mound that was removed when the railway was built.
The connection between a moth and the local symbol stones shows in the centuries that have left no record, the importance of the area around Inverurie as a center of power in the Pictish and Norman times.
literature
- RBK Stevenson: Pictish art. In: Frederick Threlfall Wainwright (Ed.): The Problem of the Picts. Melven Press, Perth 1980. ISBN 0-906664-07-1
Web links
- Entry on Symbolstein from Kintore Kirkyard in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
- [1] Image of the stone
- Pictish symbols
Coordinates: 57 ° 14 '12.5 " N , 2 ° 20' 40.2" W.