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Edderton Free Church

Cross Slab(s) (pictish)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Edderton Free Church as Cross Slab(s) (pictish). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dated to the Pictish period (circa 4th to 9th century AD), the cross slab at Edderton Free Church likely served a Christian ritual or commemorative function, reflecting early medieval religious practices in northern Scotland. Such stones often bore symbolic carvings associated with Christian iconography and local traditions.

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