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{{Short description|Pictish standing stone in Scotland}}
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{{infobox artifact
| image = Image:Rodney02.JPG
| image_caption = Back face, containing the cross
| map = {{infobox mapframe|type=point|zoom=9|frame-width=250|text=Location map of Rodney's Stone}}
| coordinates = {{coord|57.5975356|-3.7010939|format=dms|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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{{Infobox designation list
| designation1 = Scheduled Monument
| designation1_offname = Rodney's Stone
| designation1_type = Crosses and carved stones: cross slab
| designation1_date = 16 November 1923
| designation1_number = {{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM1226|short=yes}}
}}

'''Rodney's Stone''' is a {{convert|2|m|ftin|spell=in|adj=mid}} high [[Picts|Pictish]] cross slab now located close on the approach way to [[Brodie Castle]], near [[Forres]], [[Moray]], [[Scotland]]. It was originally found nearby in the grounds of the old church of Dyke and Moy.

==Description==
Rodney's Stone is classed as a Class II [[Pictish stones|Pictish stone]], meaning that it has a cross on one face, and symbols on the other. On the symbols face, at the top, are two fish monsters; below is a "[[Pictish Beast]]", and below that a [[Double disc (Pictish symbol)|double disc]] and [[Z-rod (Pictish symbol)|Z-rod]]. On the cross face there is a cross and some animals.

===Inscription===
The stone is most notable for its inscription, which is found on both of the sides and on the cross face. It is the longest of all Pictish inscriptions, and like most Pictish inscriptions, is written in the [[Ogham|Ogham alphabet]]. Much of the inscription is weathered, but it does contain the Pictish name [[Ethernan]] (a prominent Pictish saint), written as "EDDARRNON".

==Status==
The stone is a [[scheduled monument]].<ref>{{Historic Environment Scotland|num=SM1226|desc=Rodney's Stone,cross slab 450m ESE of Brodie Castle|access-date=23 February 2019}}</ref>

==Gallery==
{{gallery
| Image:Rodney01.JPG|Front face, containing Pictish [[ideogram]]s
| Image:Rodneyogham.JPG|Some of the ogham found on the stone.
}}

==References==
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{{commons category}}
* Fraser, Iain, Ritchie, J.N.G., ''et al.'', ''Pictish Symbol Stones: An Illustrated Gazetteer'', (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, 1999)
* Jones, Duncan, ''A Wee Guide to The Picts'', (Musselburgh, 2003)

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[[Category:Pictish stones]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Moray]]
[[Category:Scheduled monuments in Moray]]


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