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The Ardlair Stone
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Ardlair Stone
Material Grey Gneiss
Symbols
  • Pictish beast
  • Tuning fork
  • Mirror
Discovered Identified as Pictish 1901
Present location Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Coordinates 57°20′19″N 2°44′27″W / 57.3385°N 2.7409°W / 57.3385; -2.7409
Classification Class I incised stone
Culture Picto-Scottish

The Ardlair Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands in a field in Ardlair, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is associated with a number of other stones that have been proposed by some to be the remains of a recumbent stone circle.

Description

A rough hewn stone of grey Gneiss, the stone was identified as Pictish in 1901. The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast, the tuning fork and the mirror.

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