# The Rhynie symbol stones

> A group of at least eight Class I stones at Rhynie, including the Craw Stane at the excavated high-status enclosure. Commons photographs come in through…

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**ART** 0CQHARKM4HD3·Artifact · object

# The Rhynie symbol stones

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0Fort dated late 4th to early 6th century AD

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A group of at least eight Class I stones at Rhynie, including the Craw Stane at the excavated high-status enclosure. Commons photographs come in through media.yaml.

Colin Smith. CC BY-SA 2.0

## Copies 4

**Photograph** Colin Smith · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhynie_-_Pictish_Symbol_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7845048.jpg)

**Document** Historic Environment Scotland (Canmore) · trove.scot · Open Government LicencePrimary source: [Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment (point data)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHA9YW03PJ/canmore-national-record-of-the-historic-environment-point)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.trove.scot/place/17199)

**Photograph** Colin Smith · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhynie_-_Pictish_Symbol_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7845057.jpg)

**Photograph** Colin Smith · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rhynie_-_Pictish_Symbol_Stone_-_geograph.org.uk_-_7845055.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Rhynie, Aberdeenshire](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQHAC562YHQ/rhynie-aberdeenshire) · High-status settlement with symbol stones

## Sources 2

- [Between prehistory and history: the archaeological detection of social change among the Picts](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHAA6P269V/between-prehistory-and-history-the-archaeological-detection)_SRC_
- [The development of the Pictish symbol system: inscribing identity beyond the edges of Empire](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHA6SA1V57/the-development-of-the-pictish-symbol-system-inscribing)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Rhynie symbol stones [Artifact ART0CQHARKM4HD3]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQHARKM4HD3
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Key

**ART** 0CQHARKM4HD3

Kind

Object

Held by

in situ and Aberdeenshire collections (to confirm)

Dated

fort dated late 4th to early 6th century AD

Licence

CC BY-SA 2.0

Place

[Rhynie, Aberdeenshire](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQHAC562YHQ/rhynie-aberdeenshire)

Part of

[Pictish symbol stones](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/pictish-symbols)

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