Drimmies' Symbol Stone

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Drimmies' Symbol Stone

Image: © Bill Harrison Taken: 16 Jul 2017

A fine Pictish symbol stone showing comb-and-mirror, "ogee" and fragment of a horseshoe symbol and built into the wall of a farm. Its origins are unknown, but it's been in this location for at least 150 years. For more details see, Allen and Anderson, "Early Christian Monuments of Scotland", vol. 3, pp. 162-163, available as a free download from archive.org.

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Image Location

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Latitude
57.30145
Longitude
-2.428811