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Actions	Newton Stone Remove from selection Add to selection Object number14I TitleNewton Stone DescriptionPhotograph of the Newton Stone, discovered in 1804 by the opening up of a new road near Pitmachie Farm, Aberdeenshire. The stone was later taken and planted in the garden of Newton House, in the Parish of Culsamond about a mile north of Pitmachie Farm by the antiquarian Alexander Gordon. The Newton Stone contains two inscriptions. The first is an Ogham script possibly containing personal names, while the second has never been identified and became known from the early 19th century as the "unknown script". The Ogham script is engraved down the left-hand side of the stone and runs across part of its face. There are two rows of Ogham, a long and a short row. Across the top third of the stone, roughly central, is the unidentified script which contains 6 lines comprising 48 characters and symbols, including a swastika. Object namephotograph Dimensions height: 16.6 cm width: 10.7 cm

Object number14I

TitleNewton Stone

DescriptionPhotograph of the Newton Stone, discovered in 1804 by the opening up of a new road near Pitmachie Farm, Aberdeenshire. The stone was later taken and planted in the garden of Newton House, in the Parish of Culsamond about a mile north of Pitmachie Farm by the antiquarian Alexander Gordon. The Newton Stone contains two inscriptions. The first is an Ogham script possibly containing personal names, while the second has never been identified and became known from the early 19th century as the "unknown script". The Ogham script is engraved down the left-hand side of the stone and runs across part of its face. There are two rows of Ogham, a long and a short row. Across the top third of the stone, roughly central, is the unidentified script which contains 6 lines comprising 48 characters and symbols, including a swastika.

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