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St Vigeans

Cross Slab (pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Vigeans as Cross Slab (pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Vigeans Cross Slab is likely from the Pictish period (circa 4th to 9th century AD) and features both Christian and Pictish symbols, suggesting a transition in religious or cultural practice. It may have served as a memorial or waymarker, and local folklore sometimes associates such stones with protective or sacred functions.

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