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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Sueno's Stone Alternative Name: Sueon's Pillar; Forres 1Country: Scotland County: Moray Type: Class III Pictish Cross Slab
Nearest Town: Forres
Map Ref: NJ0465559533 Landranger Map Number: 27
Latitude: 57.615662N Longitude: 3.597668W
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 |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
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 |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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hallsifer visited on 2nd Jul 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Gorgeous stone with absolutely oustanding carvings, the glass case makes for difficult photos but the informational plaques are outstanding.
bishop_pam visited on 13th Apr 2018 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
XIII visited on 9th May 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5
h_fenton visited on 6th May 2011 Its a great shame that the glass surrounding the stone is so reflective, OK the stone is protected from the weather but you can't see it properly for all the reflections.
JCBH visited on 1st Jan 2010 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Sueno's Stone
megalithicmatt visited on 1st Jan 2004 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 Gigantinormous.
Klingon visited - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5
AngieLake HaggisAction have visited here
Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.67 Ambience: 2.83 Access: 5
For more information see Canmore site no. 15785, which contains notes from field visits, archaeological assessments and a publication account. According to the latter, "This, the tallest and most complex piece of early medieval sculpture in Scotland, most probably commemorates a heroic battle campaign, possibly against the Norse settlers of Orkney, by the men of Moray".
The Canmore Entry from the Early Medieval Carved Stones Project tells us the height of the stone is 65m above its socket stone, 1.14m wide and 0.36m deep. The "first reference to the stone is possibly Pont’s map of about 1590, which shows a pair of pillars north of Forres (McCullagh 1995). The socketed base appears to have been cladded with dressed stones to form a three-stepped circular plinth early in the eighteenth century, and a protective metal cap was added sometime before 1890. The stone was covered by a glass pavilion in 1991".
Canmore date this pillar to the late 9th or 10th century, and describes all the panels on the different faces, together with photographs to illustrate these.
The Journal of Antiquities also features a page for Sueno’s Stone, Forres, Moray, Scotland, which includes a description, photographs plus a list of reference sources for further information.
Note: Sueno's Stone enclosure attacked by vandals. See the latest comment submitted by golux.
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