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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Birnie Pictish StoneCountry: Scotland County: Moray Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Map Ref: NJ20645872 Landranger Map Number: 28
Latitude: 57.611460N Longitude: 3.329914W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Class I Pictish Symbol Stone at Birnie, nr Elgin in Moray.
Eagle above a notched rectangle, and z-rod! only the right side of rectangle and z-rod are visible anymore, I can find no pictures to refer to the eagle, but feint traces are palpable, and he seems rather plain.
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