Created Sixth-Ninth Century CE | ||
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Symbols Dyce I: Pictish Beast; Double disc and z-rodDyce II: Knotwork interlaced cross; Crescent and v-rod; triple disc; double disc and z-rod; mirror case Similar St Vigeans Sculptured Stones M, Balluderon Stone, Meigle Sculptured Stone Mu, Dupplin Cross, Hilton of Cadboll Stone | ||
The Dyce stones are a collection of Pictish and Early Medieval sculptured stones that are housed in a shelter in the ruined St Fergus' Chapel, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland. There are two larger stones, known as Dyce I and Dyce II, that bear idiomatically Pictish symbols, as well as several smaller sculptured stones.
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Dyce I
This is a Class I stone, bearing incised Pictish symbols. The symbols are the Pictish Beast and the Double disc and z-rod.
Dyce II
This is a Class II cross slab bearing a celtic cross decorated with knotwork and a central boss with spiral work. round the base of the cross are the Crescent and v-rod, Double disc and z-rod, triple disc and mirror case. On the side is an ogham inscription that transliterates as:
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