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<< Our Photo Pages >> Rhynie 8 - Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Aberdeenshire

Submitted by alligator on Thursday, 26 February 2004  Page Views: 4896

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Rhynie 8
Country: Scotland County: Aberdeenshire Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NJ497262  Landranger Map Number: 37
Latitude: 57.323561N  Longitude: 2.836907W
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
no data 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
3
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Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Aberdeen and the Grampians


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Rhynie 8
Rhynie 8 submitted by cosmic : Symbols on the three stones. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NJ4926 : View of Tap O'Noth from the south by Stanley Howe
by Stanley Howe
©2006(licence)
NJ4926 : South of Rhynie by Kenneth Ellner
by Kenneth Ellner
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NJ4926 : The Craw Stane by Bill Harrison
by Bill Harrison
©2017(licence)
NJ4926 : "Craw Stane"  with Tap O'Noth in background by Ray Berry
by Ray Berry
©2009(licence)
NJ4926 : Craw Stane with sheep by Bill Harrison
by Bill Harrison
©2017(licence)

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 153m NNE 18° Craw Stane* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ4974926345)
 171m NNE 20° Rhynie Man* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ49762636)
 474m NE 34° Rhynie 6* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ49972659)
 808m N 8° Rhynie 4* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ49822700)
 954m N 5° Rhynie 2* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ49802715)
 1.5km WNW 298° Upper Ord* Stone Circle (NJ484269)
 1.6km NE 55° Corrstone Wood* Stone Circle (NJ510271)
 1.7km NNE 21° Mill o'Noth* Standing Stones (NJ5034727801)
 1.8km WNW 283° Wheedlemont* Stone Circle (NJ4797226606)
 3.1km E 84° Clatt Hillhead Stone Circle (NJ528265)
 3.1km E 84° Hillhead of Clatt Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NJ528265)
 3.3km ENE 75° Bankhead of Clatt Multiple Stone Rows / Avenue (NJ529270)
 3.3km ENE 75° Clatt Bankhead Stone Circle (NJ529270)
 3.4km NNW 337° Tap o'Noth* Hillfort (NJ484293)
 4.2km E 92° Clatt 2* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ53892600)
 5.2km ESE 114° Clatt 1* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ54422408)
 5.3km E 80° The Sunken Kirk, Seggieden Stone Circle (NJ54912708)
 5.3km E 91° Tofthill, Clatt Stone Circle (NJ5526)
 5.4km NE 41° Candy* Stone Circle (NJ533303)
 5.7km NE 48° Newbigging Leslie Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ53992998)
 5.7km NE 48° Leith Hall* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ540300)
 5.8km ENE 72° Ardlair (Circle)* Stone Circle (NJ55272794)
 6.0km ENE 73° Ardlair (Pictish Stone)* Class I Pictish Symbol Stone (NJ55472784)
 6.6km NW 313° Wormy Hillock* Henge (NJ449307)
 7.4km SSW 203° Lulach's Stone* Standing Stone (Menhir) (NJ4677019421)
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Re: Rhynie 8 by golux on Sunday, 21 March 2010
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Rhynie 8 by cosmic on Sunday, 26 June 2005
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Rhynie 8 is one of three Pictish Stones now housed in a shelter in the corner of the car park at Rhynie Old Churchyard.
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