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Submitted by golux on Wednesday, 26 March 2014 Page Views: 9377

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Bourtie Pictish Stone
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.3 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Aberdeenshire Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone
Nearest Town: Inverurie Nearest Village: Oldmeldrum
Map Ref: NJ80462485 Landranger Map Number: 38
Latitude: 57.313796N Longitude: 2.326028W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

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4 Access:

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
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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
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golux visited on 23rd Mar 2014 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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**Bourtie Pictish Stone** submitted by golux : It can be difficult to spot this symbol stone, let alone make out any of the symbols. The side of the building in sunshine is the south side, the stone is in the second top row at the east end. I find the best view of the symbols is obtained when the sun is in the south west, as in this picture, and I dare say that the sun in the south east would be equally good. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Aberdeenshire. It can be difficult to spot this symbol stone - let alone make out any of the symbols, situated as it is high on the wall of a kirk or chapel. As a bonus, there's the remains of a recumbent stone circle only 450m away.

At the right hand end of the stone is the Crescent-and-V-rod: the photo below shows the outline of the crescent and the V rod with its pointed trefoil tip. To the left of this is the Double-Disc-and-Z-rod

There are two cross-incised stones within 100 yards: one built into the south wall of the kirkyard, the other built into the west-facing wall of the steading immediately west of the kirkyard.
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NJ8024 : Bourtie Kirk, Kirkton of Bourtie by Bill Harrison — by Bill Harrison
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NJ8024 : Bourtie Parish Kirk by Anne Burgess — by Anne Burgess
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NJ8024 : Bourtie Kirk by Andrew Wood — by Andrew Wood
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NJ8024 : Bourtie Parish Kirkyard by Anne Burgess — by Anne Burgess
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