The Ardlair Stone | |
Material: | Grey Gneiss |
Discovered: | Identified as Pictish 1901 |
Location: | Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
Coordinates: | 57.3385°N -2.7409°W |
Classification: | Class I incised stone |
Civilization: | Picto-Scottish |
The Ardlair Stone is a class I Pictish stone that stands in a field in Ardlair, Kennethmont, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is associated with a number of other stones that have been proposed by some to be the remains of a recumbent stone circle.
A rough hewn stone of grey Gneiss, the stone was identified as Pictish in 1901. The stone bears the incised symbols of the Pictish beast, the tuning fork and the mirror.