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<< Our Photo Pages >> Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone - Class II Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Highlands

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Nearest Town: Inverness  Nearest Village: Nigg
Map Ref: NH80497170  Landranger Map Number: 21
Latitude: 57.719125N  Longitude: 4.007948W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by wallace : The christian side of the stone. A monochrome conversion made from an HDR image. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Class II Pictish Symbol Stone in Scottish Highlands


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Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by wallace : The Pictish side of the stone. A monochrome conversion of an HDR image. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by PrincessOfAvalon : Opposite side of the Nigg Pictish stone. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by PrincessOfAvalon : The Nigg Pictish stone inside the Nigg Old Church. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone
Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone submitted by cosmic : Front of the Slab (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
NH8071 : Wall sign for Nigg Old Church by Julian Paren
by Julian Paren
©2014(licence)
NH8071 : Bishop's Walk by valenta
by valenta
©2018(licence)
NH8071 : Nigg Old Church by sylvia duckworth
by sylvia duckworth
©2009(licence)
NH8071 : Nigg Church by sylvia duckworth
by sylvia duckworth
©2007(licence)
NH8071 : Nigg Old Parish Church by Donald H Bain
by Donald H Bain
©2017(licence)

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Re: Nigg Class II Pictish Symbol Stone on TV tonight by AngieLake on Monday, 14 March 2022
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This stone was just featured in Paul Murton's 'Grand Tours of Scotland's Lochs' on BBC 2 tonight (14th March 2022).
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