| Corpus Refs: | Forsyth/1996:23 |
| Site: | LPHIN |
| Discovery: | first mentioned, 1843 inc |
| History: | |
| Geology: | Forsyth/1996: `Blue granite'. Allen/Anderson/1903, 176: `pillar of whinstone'. |
| Dimensions: | 1.37 x 0.76 x 0.45 (Forsyth/1996) |
| Setting: | in ground |
| Location: | other Forsyth/1996, 385: `According to Stuart there were formerly four stones lying `a short distance from one another' on the Moor of Carden to the west of theIr current position (quoting the New Statistical Account of Aberdeenshire, 1832, p. 638). About 1821 the moor was planted and the stones built into the enclosing wall of one of the plantations. They were later erected in the garden of Logie Elphinstone House'. |
| Form: | plain Forsyth/1996, 386: `A pointed pillar'. |
| Condition: | complete , good Forsyth/1996, 390: `Condition: Good. Carving intact and well preserved'. |
| Folklore: | none |
| Crosses: | none |
| Decorations: | animal; geometric other Forsyth/1996, 392, notes that this stone is incised with a crescent-and-V-rod over a double-disc-and-Z-rod, and that there are parallels with the nearby symbol stone at Bourtrie, and `on three Class II cross slabs, Aberlemno 3 FOR, Cossins FOR and Elgin MOR (inverted)'. |
| Allen, R. (1903): | [HT^C]A[L^BA]TCAHO Expansion: [HT]A[L]TCAHO Expansion: [C]A[L]TCAHO Expansion: [HT]A[BA]TCAHO Expansion: [C]A[BA]TCAHO Allen/Anderson/1903 176 reading only |
| Forsyth, K.S. (1996): | Q[F]TQU Expansion: Q[F]TQU Forsyth/1996 393--400 substantial discussion |
| Orientation: | circular |
| Position: | inc ; broad ; inc ; undivided |
| Incision: | incised |
| Date: | None published |
| Language: | Indeterminate (ogams) |
| Ling. Notes: | none |
| Palaeography: | Forsyth/1996, 396: `Strokes are generally evenly spaced and sloped within letters, though both these are open to distortion because of the curving of the stem'. |
| Legibility: | good Forsyth/1996, 393: `The carving of the ogham is very clear'. |
| Lines: | 1 |
| Carving errors: | 0 |
| Doubtful: | no |