This stone is a Class I Pictish Stone now sheltered under a spreading fir behind Mounie Castle near Oldmeldrum in Aberdeenshire. It used to be located opposite the farmhouse of Newton of Mounie. It was moved to it’s current location in 1866, when the stone was cracked across the middle. The stone is incised with two crescent symbols, the upper one intersected with a V-rod, a mirror and a comb.
A V-rod, a mirror and a comb? Are you making this stuff up??
ReplyDeleteThat what those pointy headed scientists call the otherwise cryptic symbols on these stones. Unfortunately, we have totally lost what meaning they originally had for the Picts, so they are simply described by what they look like to us. These symbols did have some significant meaning, however, as they repeat over and over again on these ancient monuments. It's a mystery that will never be solved, absent time travel.
ReplyDeleteA source:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.pictishstones.org.uk/pictishstones/pictishstoneshome/aboutthepicts/society/symbols.htm
Great link! I'm lovin' the idea of a "Picktish Beast". We have one or two in our family.
ReplyDeleteI thought YOU were the "Pictish Beast."
DeleteI guess you saw through that one. Swedish Rogue.....
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