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The Birnie Symbol Stone is a class I Pictish stone, now situated on the north side of the graveyard of
File:Birnie Symbol Stone illustration 1856.png, Illustration of the carvings on the 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
Birnie Kirk is a 12th century parish church located near Elgin, in Moray, Scotland. It was the first cathedral of the Bishop of Moray and is one of the oldest in Scotland to have been in continuous use. The graveyard, symbol stone and archaeol ...
, in Moray
Moray () gd, Moireibh or ') is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. It lies in the north-east of the country, with a coastline on the Moray Firth, and borders the council areas of Aberdeenshire and Highland.
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, 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.
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