PICTISH STONES

(and other early stones)

There are numerous Pictish stones, which have survived for over a thousand years. These include:


Elgin	Elgin	Dunblane	Dunblane
(rear view)	(front view)	(front view) (9th C)	(rear view)
(5 March 2005)		(3 September 2002)

SUENO'S STONE

Located at Forres is Sueno's Stone, the largest known Pictish sculptured stone. The style suggests it was carved around the 9th/10th century, providing three possibilities:

1. It commemorates the Scots under King Kenneth I MacAlpin beating the Picts in the mid-9th Century;

2. It commemorates a confrontation between local forces and Norseman, late9th/early 10th Century;

3. It refers to the conflict at Forres (966) when King Dubh (son of King Malcolm I) was killed by the men of Moray, after which battle his body lay for a while beneath the bridge at nearby Kinloss, before being taken to Iona for burial.

      Sueno's Stone
              Forres
         (part of detail)
         (5 March 2005)

JEDBURGH ABBEY

This 8th-10th Century carving depicts Christ in Majesty appearing before a multitude of dead and tormented souls, and referred to as the Domesday Stone. It was discovered during excavations in 1984

(19 September 2004)

ST. ANDREW'S CATHEDRAL

There is a large collection of early stones, complete and fragments, at this ancient cathedral.