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The Brandsbutt stone was
originaly found in pieces with the fragments fitted into a drystone dyke. The stone now
restored thanks to Barratt Homes (who rescued it from obscurety) sits on the Barratt
Estate. A sign can be seen from the A96 at Inverurie showing its whereabouts. The
Brandsbutt Stone carved between 500 and 900 AD shows a V Rod and Crescent, Above a Z Rod
and Serpant symbles, which are promently incised. To the Left of this is a long but
incomplete inscription in Ogram, an ancient alphabet. The Ogram reads
"Irataddoarens" which has been given the possible link whith Eddarron, a
possible rendering of St Ethernanus, a local saint. |
