Abernethy, Perthshire, C7th Class I Pictish stone with incised symbols: a 'tuning fork', blacksmith's hammer, anvil, crescent & V-rod.

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Abernethy C7th Class I Pictish stone with incised symbols: a 'tuning fork', blacksmith's hammer, anvil, crescent & V-rod. The trimmed & reused stone was found in the foundations of a house. It has been placed against the wall of C11th round tower beside the churchyard gate. Dark Age site associated with a vanished Pictish monastery, the compiling of the Pictish king-list & the return of Irish clergy to Pictland in the C9th after Viking raids.

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Size: 2465px × 3573px
Location: Abernethy Pictish Symbol Stone, Abernethy Churchyard, Perth and Kinross, Tayside, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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