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Birnie Symbol Stone

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63: 818: 19: 761: 157: 62: 884: 855: 802: 879: 164: 90: 56:, 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. 722: 608: 848: 795: 266: 49:. It was discovered in c. 1850 within the wall of the graveyard, from where it was moved to its current location. 646: 276: 841: 788: 593: 120: 598: 553: 613: 475: 874: 465: 301: 251: 150: 588: 829: 776: 366: 281: 603: 286: 8: 236: 583: 387: 628: 382: 291: 558: 470: 393: 361: 271: 573: 545: 403: 226: 825: 772: 618: 480: 426: 353: 246: 231: 218: 173: 868: 737: 724: 641: 636: 568: 495: 460: 452: 261: 241: 34: 142: 578: 511: 374: 768: 664: 563: 490: 38: 23: 817: 256: 18: 760: 485: 318: 181: 699: 448: 46: 53: 52:
The stone is thought to date from the 7th century and is made of
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This article about a Scottish building or structure is a
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Illustration of the carvings on the Birnie Symbol Stone
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The Birnie Symbol Stone standing in the graveyard of
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Birnie Kirk
Pictish stone
Birnie Kirk
Moray
Scotland
granite
Illustration of the carvings on the Birnie Symbol Stone


"Birnie Symbol Stone"


"Birnie Churchyard, Pictish Symbol Stone"
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Pictish sculptured stones
Caithness
Ross
Ardjachie Stone
Dingwall Stone
Edderton Cross Slab
Clach Chairidh
Gairloch Stone
Hilton of Cadboll Stone
Nigg Stone
Poolewe Stone
Portmahomack sculpture fragments
Rosemarkie Stone

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