The surviving but displaced circle stones.
Images
General view. The two displaced circle stones are on the left, the position of the circle is marked out by a cobbled line in the grass. The corner of the broken Pictish stone is at the bottom right.
Possible stones from the circle.
I was driving past!
Remains of the third circle stone?
The outline of the circle has been marked in the grass with cobbles.
The circle stones have outlasted their wall anyway.
The Brandsbutt stone itself. Broken up and used for walling material by some inbred yokel.
The relevant part of the sign.
The two remaining standing stones.
Articles
Visited 27.7.14
Directions:
In the town of Inverurie. In the suburbs to the north west.
The Brandsbutt symbol stone is sign posted as it is a H.S. site.
There is an information board and the setting of the circle has been marked out on the grass. The site is well and truly knackered but, at least I guess, some of the stones remain.
The Pictish stone is also knackered but again, at least it is still with us.
Luckily the light was good and I was easily able to make out the carvings.
Worth a look if you happen to be visiting the pretty town of Inverurie.
Another sorry urbanised site. Destroyed in antiquity, the stones were used in a wall, and most have disappeared. The equally abused Brandsbutt Pictish stone was also broken up for walling material, before being Blue Petered back together and dumped here. Just to finish it off, they then built a housing estate around it.
Not a place to linger, I’m afraid.
Wee talk by a uni chum on her interpretation of the stone in question.
Pics of the Brandsbutt/Kemnay/Picardy/Dyce stones
This site consists of the two remaining stones of a 5 stone circle, together with a relocated Pictish stone. Destroyed in antiquity, and further ‘enhanced’ by being surrounded by a housing state and partially restored, this site can be found by following the signs to the ‘Brandsbutt Stone’.
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