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MuseumsSite Name: St. Vigeans Museum Alternative Name: St Vigeans Sculptured Stones, St Vigeans Pictish Stones, The Drosten StoneCountry: Scotland County: Angus Type: Museum
Map Ref: NO63834294 Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.576995N Longitude: 2.590342W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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jeffrep visited on 13th May 2013 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 5
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The small Angus village of St. Vigeans was once the center of a royal estate and of huge religious importance, bustling with prayerful pilgrims and monks. Admittedly, this was more than 1,000 years ago.
The most important indications of the village’s powerful past can be found, however, in two adjoining sandstone cottages along its only street.
Unfortunately, no photos are allowed inside the museum. Kirkstyle, St.Vigeans, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
The museum reopened open following refurbishment in April 2009. The site is accessible by prior arrangement with the staff based at the nearby Arbroath Abbey on 01241 878756. They are happy to open the site at a mutually convenient time during the abbey opening hours.
See also the Meigle Museum of Sculptured Stones, also in the care of Historic Scotland.
Address: Kirkstyle, St.Vigeans, Arbroath, DD11 4RB
Phone: T: 01241 878756
Opening Hours: See their web site
Admission: Free
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St Vigeans Pictish stones conserved with laser scanning, see comment below
Note: Three video talks from Tayside and Fife: The Drosten Stone, St Vigeans: a cultural hybrid with Jane Geddes, New findings from East Lomond Hillfort by Joe Fitzpatrick & Oliver O’Grady and Neolithic Halls, Bronze Age Roundhouses and a Late Bronze Age Hoard at Carnoustie with Alan Blair
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