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<< Our Photo Pages >> Strathpeffer - Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Highlands

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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Strathpeffer Alternative Name: Clach An Tiompain; Sounding Stone; Eagle Stone
Country: Scotland County: Highlands Type: Class I Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NH48455852  Landranger Map Number: 26
Latitude: 57.591189N  Longitude: 4.537008W
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.
3 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.
4 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
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LenGilbert visited on 1st Aug 2015 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4 Clach an Tiompain or the Eagle Stone. Easy access from a couple of paths in the Strathpeffer village. The stone is weathered quite a bit, which is why I rate condition 3. The eagle is more difficult to see than in photos from 10-15 years ago. The horseshoe is still fairly sharp. The stone is slightly elevated and in the morning was very nicely lit showing the stone in a dramatic way. It's a solitary spot in the midst of a residential area, but it doesn't feel that close to the town. Because of the location and the approach from downhill, I gave the ambiance a 4. I visited a few times while I was in Strathpeffer, but the morning light was really a great way to see the stone.

ChrisHealey visited on 1st Oct 2007 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4

SandyG visited on 1st Jan 1988 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5

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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3.33 Ambience: 3.67 Access: 4.33

Strathpeffer
Strathpeffer submitted by wiccaman9 : The Strathpeffer Eagle stone Aron Bowers (Vote or comment on this photo)
Class I Pictish Symbol Stone in Scottish Highlands

This Pictish Symbol Stone is recorded as Canmore ID 12458 which tells us this stone was first recorded in the mid nineteenth century. "It stands on the edge of a terrace with a cairn of stones around it, but these may result from field clearance in the past. It was set in a concrete base in the twentieth century. Present condition: good except for damage at the top right-hand corner, caused probably by its use as a sounding stone." The symbols which have been heavily carved into it include an ornamented arch symbol above an eagle. The stone is a slab of contorted blue gneiss.

The Journal of Antiquities also includes an entry for the Strathpeffer Pictish Stone, Easter Ross, Scotland, which includes a drawing, a description, background information and a list of reference sources for more information. The carving is dated to the 7th century.
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Strathpeffer submitted by pasckal : Personal view of the megalith (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Strathpeffer submitted by coin : picture of the detail on the Eagle Stone (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Strathpeffer submitted by Antonine : 2008 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Strathpeffer submitted by Antonine (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Strathpeffer submitted by LenGilbert : Clach an Tiompain - aka the Eagle Stone in Strathpeffer. Early morning shot on a lovely day.

Strathpeffer
Strathpeffer submitted by SandyG : The stone in 1988. The socket stone was clearly visible at the time this photograph was taken.

Strathpeffer
Strathpeffer submitted by wiccaman9 : The Strathpeffer stone Aron Bowers

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Re: Strathpeffer by Sunny100 on Sunday, 27 November 2011
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Clach an Tiompain, 'The Eagle Stone', 'The Sounding Stone' or 'Marriage Stone' is a Class I Pictish stone located off Nutwood Lane in the village. It dates from the 6th-7th century AD and stands upon a mound (tumulus). An eagle and a horseshoe are carved on the stone which is some 2 feet 8 inches high. It may have originally stood lower down the valley whence it marked the graves of Scottish clansmen killed in battle (1411). One local legend associates the stone with the Brahan Seer (Coinneach Odhar (d 1660).
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Re: Strathpeffer by wiccaman9 on Thursday, 29 November 2007
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A fine, dramatic Pictish cI stone. A rainbow arch/bridge, decorated, arches above a regal eagle - in a field to the east of the village.

This fine stone has been firmly cemented, to what is it's third resting place....the reason?

The Brahn Seer (A 'seer' extraordinaire, a Nostradamus of his day) predicted that if the eagle stone fell over 3 times, then a flood would engulf the countryside, swallowing up the village of Strathpeffer! It has fallen twice historically!! Hence the superstition, and the cement!

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