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Gavin Alston ploughed up the stone 1978 at his farm
Barflat, Rhynie. The Gabbro stone
measures 1.78m long and dates between 700 and 800AD. It has an incised figure of a man
walking, an axe upon his shoulder and wearing some sort of sleeved garment just above the
knee and tied around the waist by cord. His shoes are pointed and he wares some sort of
head dress. There are few Pictish carved figures in Scotland and this is the earliest
figure carving to date in Grampian. It now stands in the foyer of Regional Council
Offices, Aberdeen. |
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