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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STANDING STONE (Sculptured) [St Madoes Churchyard] | Standing Stone (Sculptured) Standing Stone (Sculptured) |
Sir J.S. Richardson, Bart. [Baronet] Pitgour Castle Mr. James Hay, Factor |
098 | [continued] being of the most grotesque form and unseemly proportions. The bridles, reins, bits, rings, are minutely though rudely cut and are in perfect preservation. The rider wears a cloak or mantle Somewhat like the Short waterproof cloaks of our time but with a flat crowned head piece which leaves only a Small portion of the face to be Seen. In the fourth compartment is a Serpent Shaped figure with fretted ornaments and Something like a double headed broken Sceptre both of which ornaments are to be found on most Stones of the Same class. Still lower down is the figure of a goat a good deal defaced and adjoining this various pictures almost obliterated. This side of the stone though minutely carved does not seem to have been squared or dressed beforehand. It bears no tool marks and has several warts as if just newly taken from the quarry. The Side opposite is by far the richer and more beautiful. Its lines are as clear as if just from the hand of the artist. The principal figure is that of a cross. The upright portion of which occupies the whole length of the stone. The shaft and transept are beautifully enriched with very complicated tracery both round the point where they cross, are wreathed with a carved circle or halo, on each side of the shaft of the cross beneath its transept is a monstrous lizard-like figure apparently in the agony of death from being crunshed through at the loins by a savage-looking creature with a head like a wolf body like a dog and a thick curled tail. The two compartments adjoining the top of the cross are occupied by nondescripts with monstrous and diminutive bodies apparently gnawing their own backs. On the top equally visible from both sides of the stone are lizard-like figures couchant facing each other." |
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