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<< Our Photo Pages >> Ballintomb - Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Highlands

Submitted by alligator on Wednesday, 25 February 2004  Page Views: 13738

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Ballintomb Alternative Name: Finlarig
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 1.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Highlands Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NH995253  Landranger Map Number: 36
Latitude: 57.307174N  Longitude: 3.66984W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Ballintomb submitted by golux : Very difficult to make out the symbols which have been engraved with thin lines like scratches. Difficult to capture, I posted this simply because we have no photos here. I tried to make the symbols visible with a lot of tweaking, which is why this photo has strange colouring. Almost impossible to discern, there are 2 symbols: the crescent-with-V-rod symbol above a notched-rectangle-with-Z-rod. ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scottish Highlands

Canmore site no. 139359.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NH9925 : Finlarig by Jim Bain
by Jim Bain
©2006(licence)
NH9925 : Woodland, Dulnain Bridge by Richard Webb
by Richard Webb
©2014(licence)
NH9924 : Entrance to Dulnain Bridge by Alex McGregor
by Alex McGregor
©2015(licence)
NH9925 : A938 near Dulnain Bridge by Steven Brown
by Steven Brown
©2022(licence)
NH9924 : Dulnain Bridge Village Shop by Les Shaw
by Les Shaw
©2010(licence)

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Re: Surveying in the Highlands of Scotland, including Ballintomb by golux on Monday, 17 December 2012
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RCAHMS have this stone listed under its alternative name of Finlarig, the name of the house where it is now situated, built into a garden wall. [updated as alternative name]
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Surveying in the Highlands of Scotland, including Ballintomb by Andy B on Tuesday, 22 January 2008
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PDF file with photos of lots of sites in the area
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/icontent/inPages/docs/bursaries/IFA%20Conference%202007%20TP.pdf

Source: Tessa Poller, HLF placement with RCAHMS
http://www.archaeologists.net/modules/icontent/index.php?page=198
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