Eight
Pictish symbol stones have been found at Rhynie, including the "Rhynie Man", a tall boulder carved with a bearded man carrying an axe, possibly a representation of the Celtic god
Esus, that was discovered in 1978. The "Rhynie Man" now stands inside
Woodhill House (the headquarters of
Aberdeenshire Council) in
Aberdeen. Between 2011 and 2017 investigations by
archaeologists from
Aberdeen University and
Chester University by the Pictish symbol stone known as the Craw Stane, near the site where the "Rhynie Man" was found, uncovered a substantial pallisaded complex dating to the early medieval period. Among the finds at the site were fragments of a late 5th- or 6th-century Roman
amphora that must have been imported from the Mediterranean region. This is the only known example of a Roman amphora from Eastern Britain dating to the post-Roman period, and indicates that the inhabitants of the settlement would have been of high status. Archaeologists working at the excavation have speculated that the settlement may have been a royal site occupied by
Pictish kings. == Transport ==