The Raven Stone
Location
Tyrie Church Now inside the church building.
Tyrie, Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire
OS Map Reference
NJ 723 499
Date
6th-8th cent.?.
Description
A class one Pictish stone showing the Sea Eagle and notched rectangle with z rod symbols the black infill is recent. As with all Pictish Symbol stones dating is somewhat contentious. The name 'The Raven Stone' probably originated as the result of a mistaken association of the stone and a nearby burial mound (in the manse garden) by the antiquarians of the past with Danish invaders.
Era
Dark ages
Categories
Iconography
- eagle
- pictish symbols
Photographer
- C B Simpson
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