
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Golspie as Cross Slab (pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (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 Golspie 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, though the specific meaning of the symbols on this slab remains undeciphered.
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Places near here
Golspie, Main Street, the HolliesHouse (19th Century) · 3 yd
Golspie, Main Street, St Andrew's Parish ChurchChapel (14th Century), Church (18th Century) (1738) · 86 yd
Golspie, Old Bank Road, Volunteer Drill HallDrill Hall (first World War), Drill Hall (19th Century) · 409 yd
GolspieFish Trap (period Unassigned) · 463 yd
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Colin's BridgeMemorial · 704 yd
Battle of Littleferry MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Ben BhraggieMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Beinn LunndaidhMountain / peak · 3.0 mi
Creag BheagCliff · 3.6 miOther information
Photo: Bill Henderson · CC BY-SA 2.0