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Sculptured Stones Sandside.
At Sandside there is a stone carved with
symbols which was found built into a
stone dyke near Shurrery. It is a quadran:
:gular block of sandstone 2'.5" in length, 9" in
breadth and 8" in thickness. On the
face of the stone are incised a small stemmed
circle or orb 4" in diameter containing an
equal armed cross . The stem is 3 1/2" in length
1" in breadth where it joins the circle and
1 1/2" at base. Beneath this symbol occupy:
:ing the breadth of the stone is plain circle
with a diameter of 8".
The sculptured stone illustrated and
described in the Sculptured stones of
Scotland is placed against a wall at the
E [East] side of Sandside House and is set within
a wooden frame. It measures 4'.10" in
height, x 1'.11" in breadth &c.
There is also preserved at Sandside a

[Margin] Natural

fragment of stone of curious
design. It is an irregular slab measuring
superficially 1 1/2' x 1' and 4" or 5" in thickness.
In the centre is an equilateral triangular figure 5" in
length two sides of which are slightly concave
& the base convex. The I mouldings which
occupy the rest of the surface curve

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