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SCULPTURED STONE [Kinellar Churchyard] Sculptured Stone
Sculptured Stone
Sculptured Stone
George Milne Esqr
Revd [Reverend] Robert Fiddes
Mr Alexander Watt
065 "The stone at Kinnellar is in the churchyard of the Parish, which was the site of a circle of standing stones, several of which of great size and weight, though fallen, yet remain above the ground, and others have sunk in the earth, and it has been stated, that the sculptured stone, either formed part of the circle, or was placed in connection therewith; but a correspondent of Dr [Doctor] Hibbert states, that when it was found in 1801, it formed the foundation of the south-east corner of the old church. He adds, "Dr [Doctor] Mitchell had the marks revised, and I think, made more perfect than in the above copy I took when it was first seen, for I preached there the first Sabbath after this stone was found." A comparison of the drawing here referred to, with that in the present volume, enables me to state, that the stone has fortunately not suffered from the dangerous restoration of Dr [Doctor] Mitchell. It is of granite. Many cairns of Stones seem to have been in this Parish, and several of them, as well as the remains of circles of stone yet remain."
Sculptured Stones of Scotland
This stone, which is rudely sculptured, has been built into the wall forming the northern boundary of Kinellar Grave Yard, the figures engraved thereon are evidently of Pagan origin.

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Aberdeenshire -- Parish of Kinellar

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