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Mounie Castle, Symbol Stone

Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish)

What is recorded here

Mounie Castle, Symbol Stone stands in Aberdeenshire as a Pictish marker, its exact position known within one metre though its meaning remains half-hidden. The stone may have marked a boundary, a burial, or a warning to passing carts. People likely touched its carvings or read them as a promise of protection. What is certain is that the Pictish made this place visible and memorable.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mounie Castle, Symbol Stone as Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Mounie Castle, Symbol Stone is a Pictish symbol stone, likely erected between the 6th and 9th centuries, and is important as an artifact of early medieval Pictish culture and art in Scotland.

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