Megalithic Portal: Latest from Moray, Scotland

Inveravon

Fri, 11 May 2012 07:00:50 GMT

]]>Photos showing the stones at the new location would be greatly appreciated.. The four Inveravon pictish stones are now (2012) on display inside the church. See separate site pages for details.

Inveravon (4)

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:15:17 GMT

]]>. Class I symbol stone of metamorphosed sandstone which was recovered from the churchyard in 1964. Engraved on one face with the crescent-and-V-rod symbol above the elephant-like "pictish beast" symbol.

Inveravon (3)

Fri, 11 May 2012 06:05:08 GMT

]]>. The preserved fragment of this stone shows the head of an elephant-like animal (�pictish-beast�). The other parts of the stone probably were lost when the stone got dressed to incorporate it into the chuchyard wall.

St Ethan's Well (Burghead)

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:20:38 GMT

. Holy Well or Sacred Spring in Moray

Auchorachan

Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:10:46 GMT

]]>. Standing Stone (Menhir) in Moray

Burghead

Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:30:42 GMT

]]>Photos just in of the Burning of the Clavie fire festival. 3rd to 6th Century Pictish Fort. The largest known in Scotland. Occupies large promontory - though half the fort was destroyed in the making of the new village of Burghead. Originally comprised of 2 enclosures with a central platform/partition, with extensive 3 tiered ramparts to minimise landborne attack.

Birnie Roundhouses

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:48:09 GMT

]]>Chariot find at Iron Age settlement site, see latest comment.. After a metal detectorist uncovered some Roman coins in 1996 subsequent excavation into some previously seen crop marks revealed two hoards of Roman coins and the post-holes of several roundhouses. The site has been worked as a summer project by National Museum staff for the last nine years (usually for a four week spell in August-September).

Gordonstoun Ogston Cross

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 14:23:36 GMT

]]>. Ancient Cross in Moray

Inverugie Cup marked stone

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:32:26 GMT

]]>. Cup and Ring marks / Rock Art in Moray

Inverugie Souterrain

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:49:38 GMT

]]>. Souterrain (Fogou, Earth House) in Moray. On rediscovering the Inverugie Cup and Ring-marked rocks (sometimes referred to as the East Backlands rocks) I was made aware of the presence of an ancient (?) souterrain. The local who informed me of its existence was adamant that it is very ancient, as opposed to a Victorian 'ice store'. Indeed its location is quite remote, amidst the fields and rocks of which the cup marked rocks are only 300m to the West.