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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Fordoun Alternative Name: St. Palladius' Stone, AuchenblaeCountry: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Map Ref: NO72617841 Landranger Map Number: 45
Latitude: 56.896230N Longitude: 2.451241W
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 II Pictish Symbol Stone in Grampian. The top of the cross has been lost and the remaining top half has been defaced by having holes drilled through it. Below there is a hunt scene and a double disc clearly visible.
This stone which was discovered under the pulpit of the old church is now located in the inner vestry of the new (C19th) church. The church is usually locked - I just happened to pick a time when the caretaker was around. The inner vestry is illuminated by three 60watt bulbs!
Enorm: Fordoun, Aberdeenshire NO77NW 3.2; Class 2; Ogham on both left and right narrow sides, transliterated as “VUN-MSETTORBBRE---N”.
Comments:- St Palladius catholic community was founded here about 431. “PIDARNOIN” inscribed on the stone face upper left in Hiberno-Saxon Miniscule (or Early Roman). If the former this script dates to about 9th century.
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