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<< Our Photo Pages >> Glamis 1 - Class I / Class II Hybrid Pictish Symbol Stone in Scotland in Angus

Submitted by alligator on Monday, 24 March 2003  Page Views: 8089

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Glamis 1 Alternative Name: Loanhead, Hunter's Hill
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 2.1 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Angus Type: Class I / Class II Hybrid Pictish Symbol Stone

Map Ref: NO39374654  Landranger Map Number: 54
Latitude: 56.606804N  Longitude: 2.989265W
Condition:
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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
no data Ambience:
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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
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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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ivrig visited on 20th Mar 2024 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 The stone is about 300m into the woods across the A94 after leaving the village, there is a wide track.

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Glamis 1
Glamis 1 submitted by cosmic : View from west. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Class I / Class II Hybrid Pictish Symbol Stone in Angus

For details, visit: http://www.archaeoptics.co.uk/products/ecms/141.html

cosmic wrote: Otherwise known as Hunter's Hill this stone lies about quarter of a mile to the SE of the village.
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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : A creature below the right cross-arm (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : A winged figure above the left cross-arm (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : The cross side of Glamis 1. There are figures to the left and right above the cross-arms, animals on both sides below the cross-arms and Pictish triple-disc and flower symbols near the bottom on the right. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : The cross side of Glamis 1 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : The quadruped (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : The serpent

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : The 'serpent' side

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Glamis 1 submitted by ivrig : The 'serpent' side, there is a quadruped carved above the serpent.

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Glamis 1 submitted by stuant63 : A composite image showing both faces. The incised serpent on the rear is much more sharply defined than anything else - is it a later addition? The cross on the front is just visible but badly weathered.

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Glamis 1 submitted by MAIGO : April 2012

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Glamis 1 submitted by durhamnature : Drawing from "Sculptured Stones of Scotland" via archive.org (2 comments)

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Glamis 1 submitted by cosmic : Better view of back

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Glamis 1 submitted by cosmic : Better photo with more pixels (1 comment)

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Glamis 1 submitted by cosmic : Symbol on West side.

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Re: Glamis 1 by golux on Wednesday, 21 April 2010
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