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Parish of Rhynie
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Description Continued - Situated in the Village of Rhynie and an Elephant's Trunk, together with the remains of a shield, with a figure resembling a dart running through it can be distinctly traced thereon. The dimensions of this stone prior to its being broken up measured about 8 feet in height and 6 feet broad, and was composed of a coarse-grained, greyish granite. The portion built into the wall of the above barn measures 4 ft. 7 in: long by 2 ft. broad. "From Sculptured stones of Scotland page 5." The stone at Rhynie being the " fourth still remaining in that locality, is built into the wall of a barn in that Village and is said to have been taken from the materials of the former school house, the half of the stone is wanting, and it is stated in Archieologia, where the stone is engraved, that the missing half had been recently broken in pieces to be used in building. This was in 1826."

[page signed] Robert Dickson Sapper R.E.} [Royal Engineers]