Building record MAB12719 - WOLF STONE, LEITH HALL

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Summary

Pictish symbol stone Class I, broken.

Protected Status/Designation

Scheduled Monument 8444: Two Pictish symbol-bearing stones, Leith Hall

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Grid reference	Centred NJ 5391 2985 (40m by 40m) Centred at - Polygon: Known Site Extent
Map sheet	NJ52NW
Authority	Aberdeenshire
Civil Parish	Kennethmont

Type and Period (1)

CARVED STONE (Early Medieval - 400 AD to 901 AD)

Full Description

Pictish symbol stone Class I, broken. It was found circa 1841 at NJ605 258 (NJ62NW0103) built into a dyke where part was broken off. Symbols are a wolf, mirror and comb and an ornamented rectangle. It was moved to Leith Hall (NJ52NW0004) between circa 1890 and 1915, when the rubble wall either side of the south gate of the walled garden (NJ52NW0131) was altered or rebuilt to accommodate this and the 'Salmon' stone (NJ52NW0018) in niches. Both stones were removed from their niches sometime before 1967 and moved to a lean-to within the garden. The stone has now (2014) been moved back to its original niche beside the entrance gate to the garden.

AB/4431, AB/4431 (Ground Photograph). SAB13601.

STUART, J, 1856, SCULPTURED STONES OF SCOTLAND, 86 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1800.

ORDNANCE SURVEY, 1871, Ordnance Name Book, No54(1866) 24 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1360.

ALLEN, JR, 1903, EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND 3, 177 (Bibliographic reference). SAB3.

MOW, 1961, A M'S SCOT, 8 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1166.

MOIR, JD, 1990, ABERDEENSHIRE WEEKEND TRIP. IN PITCISH ARTS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER NO. 6 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1481.

NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND, 2013, PROPOSALS TO CONSERVE AND RETURN THE LEITH HALL PICTISH SYMBOL STONES TO THEIR EARLY 20TH CENTURY LOCATION (Bibliographic reference). SAB1333.

NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND, 2014, LEITH HALL GARDENS: THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PICTISH STONES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE WALLED GARDEN (Bibliographic reference). SAB1337.

Jul 24 1990 , POLAROID, POLAROID (Ground Photograph). SAB13602.

Author unknown, n.d., NSA, 851 (Bibliographic reference). SAB1269.

Nov 1 2014 , AAS-GR-14-11-260 - 269, AAS-GR-14-11-260 - 269 (Ground Photograph). SAB35460.

Nov 1 2014 , AAS-GR-14-11-281, AAS-GR-14-11-281 (Ground Photograph). SAB35463.

Nov 14 1995 , C 65052, C 65052 (Ground Photograph). SAB13090.

Sep 18 1988 , HW 2, HW 2 (Ground Photograph). SAB33565.

Other Statuses/References

Authority: ASH;
HES Scheduled Monument Number: 8444;
NMR Card Number: NJ52NW41;
NRHE Numlink: 18163;
Old Historic Environment Record Ref: NJ52NW0019;

External Links (2)

https://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/SM8444 (Historic Environment Scotland Portal Link)
https://www.trove.scot/place/18163 (trove.scot link)

Sources/Archives (14)

--- SAB1166 Bibliographic reference: MOW. 1961. A M'S SCOT. 8.
--- SAB1269 Bibliographic reference: Author unknown. n.d.. NSA. 851.
--- SAB13090 Ground Photograph: Nov 14 1995 . C 65052. Black & White. C 65052.
--- SAB1333 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND. 2013. PROPOSALS TO CONSERVE AND RETURN THE LEITH HALL PICTISH SYMBOL STONES TO THEIR EARLY 20TH CENTURY LOCATION.
--- SAB1337 Bibliographic reference: NATIONAL TRUST FOR SCOTLAND. 2014. LEITH HALL GARDENS: THE RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PICTISH STONES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE WALLED GARDEN.
--- SAB1360 Bibliographic reference: ORDNANCE SURVEY. 1871. Ordnance Name Book. No54(1866) 24.
--- SAB13601 Ground Photograph: AB/4431. Black & White. AB/4431.
--- SAB13602 Ground Photograph: Jul 24 1990 . POLAROID. PL. POLAROID.
--- SAB1481 Bibliographic reference: MOIR, JD. 1990. ABERDEENSHIRE WEEKEND TRIP. IN PITCISH ARTS SOCIETY NEWSLETTER NO. 6.
--- SAB1800 Bibliographic reference: STUART, J. 1856. SCULPTURED STONES OF SCOTLAND. 86.
--- SAB3 Bibliographic reference: ALLEN, JR. 1903. EARLY CHRISTIAN MONUMENTS OF SCOTLAND 3. Y. 177.
--- SAB33565 Ground Photograph: Sep 18 1988 . HW 2. Black & White. HW 2.
--- SAB35460 Ground Photograph: Nov 1 2014 . AAS-GR-14-11-260 - 269. Digital. AAS-GR-14-11-260 - 269.
--- SAB35463 Ground Photograph: Nov 1 2014 . AAS-GR-14-11-281. Digital. AAS-GR-14-11-281.