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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: National Museum of Scotland (Early Christian Stones)Country: Scotland
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County: Midlothian Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Edinburgh
Map Ref: NT2583273324
Latitude: 55.947207N Longitude: 3.189158W
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2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
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Anne T visited on 17th May 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Early Christian Stones at the National Museum of Scotland: We returned to go to the Research Library to find out more about the Pictish Stones, and to photograph some more exhibits, only to find Tim Peake's Spacecraft had arrived that morning, with a PR exercise in full swing and the gallery we needed to get to had been closed off until 2pm (didn't say anything about this on the web site, until we dug deeper into the events schedule). Fortunately, by the time we'd been and looked at some casts of grave slabs in part of the Kingdom of the Scots exhibit, the gallery we wanted to go to was temporarily re-opened and we managed to get in and out in between the various waves of visitors and school children. The space craft was minute, and like a cross between something out of Dr. Who and The Clangers. Apparently, Tim Peake had attended earlier that morning, but we'd missed him.
I spent an hour in the research library, coming away with some photocopies and the names/details of a number of reference books.
We also managed to go into the 'Early People's Exhibit' which had been closed during our last visit - more Pictish Symbol stones and Early Christian stones, which more than made up for the disappointment of having arrived at 10.30am and being told we'd have to wait until 2pm to get in because of Tim Peake!
HChavez visited - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 5 Access: 5
schwagmyre have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 4.5 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 5
To find this display, enter the museum through either of the Chambers Street entrances and take the lift or stairs to Level -1.
There are more stones to be found in 'The Kingdom of the Scots' exhibition on Level 1 of the museum. Staff at the museum are really helpful, so don't be afraid to ask.
For members and visitors who are particularly interested in Early Christian stones and Ancient Crosses, these photographs are split off into this separate page to make them easier to access.
For more information about the museum see the National Museum of Scotland website; to find out more information about their individual exhibits, use their 'search our collections' feature.
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