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Birnie Symbol Stone
The Birnie Symbol Stone is a class I Pictish stone, now situated on the north side of the graveyard of Birnie Kirk, in Moray, Scotland. It was discovered in c. 1850 within the wall of the graveyard, from where it was moved to its current location. The stone is thought to date from the 7th century and is made of granite, standing 1.00m high, 0.64m wide and 0.51m deep. It carries an incised image of a bird above a notched rectangle and Z-rod. File:Birnie Symbol Stone illustration 1856.png, Illustration of the carvings on the Birnie Symbol Stone References Pictish stones {{scotland-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birnie Pictish Stone
Birnie may refer to: * Birnie (surname) * Birnie, Moray, a former inhabited place and civil parish south of Elgin, Moray, Scotland; an archaeological site where hoards of artefacts and Roman coins predating the Roman invasion of Scotland by Septimius Severus (208 AD) have been discovered **Birnie Kirk, a Church of Scotland church at Birnie, Moray, first cathedral of the Bishop of Moray *Birnie Island, a small uninhabited coral island in the Republic of Kiribati *Birnie Loch, a loch in North East Fife, Scotland See also * Bernie (other) * Byrnie, a form of chainmail armour {{disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
