What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Murroes 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.
Dated to the Pictish period (circa 4th to 9th century AD), the Murroes Cross Slab likely served a ritual or commemorative function, possibly marking a burial site or territorial boundary. Pictish symbol stones often combined Christian and indigenous iconography, reflecting the cultural and religious transitions of early medieval Scotland.
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Places near here
MurroesPark(s) (period Unassigned) · 101 yd
Murroes, BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 125 yd
WesthallMan-made underground passage (prehistoric) · 723 yd
KingennieCastle (medieval) · 963 yd
HillockFarm (period Unassigned) · 1421 yd
Kellas WoodForest · 1470 yd
Murroes War MemorialMemorial · 1.4 mi
Roman Hill, BalmossieMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Roman HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Stubble, Roman HillMountain or hill · 1.7 mi
Middleton WoodForest or wood · 1.9 mi
The tower house of Claypotts CastleCastle, fort or tower · 2.1 mi