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Latitude: 57.5452 / 57°32'42"N
Longitude: -2.0328 / 2°1'58"W
OS Eastings: 398135
OS Northings: 850560
OS Grid: NJ981505
Mapcode National: GBR P8BS.9DQ
Mapcode Global: WH9NT.RM65
Entry Name: Fetterangus Church, symbol stone
Scheduled Date: 16 November 1923
Last Amended: 5 August 1997
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM71
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Crosses and carved stones: symbol stone
Location: Old Deer
County: Aberdeenshire
Electoral Ward: Central Buchan
Traditional County: Aberdeenshire
The monument comprises a symbol stone, which although scheduled in 1923 is now being rescheduled to correct deficiencies in the original documentation.
The symbol stone is cemented and clamped to the graveyard wall, just inside and to the right (i.e. S) of the gate. It is fractured into at least four pieces. It is of whinstone, 1m high, 0.4m wide, and a maximum of 0.18m thick, with a roughly rounded top. The face is reasonably flat and, although the carvings are now barely discernible, is inscribed with a scroll, a mirror case and a triple disc with cross bar. According to an inscription, the wall against which it stands was built by subscription in 1877.
The monument to be scheduled comprises the stone as described here at the location marked in red on the accompanying map.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance because of the information that it provides on the art, society and material culture of the Picts.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Bibliography
R.R.Allen and J.Anderson, Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, III (Edinburgh 1903), p. 164.
A.Gibb, PSAS, 12 (1876-8), 196.
RCAHMS, Pictish Symbol Stones: A Handlist 1994 (Edinburgh 1994), p.8.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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