What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Burghead as Cross Slab(s) (pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone(s) (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.
Burghead's cross slabs and Pictish symbol stones date likely to the 6th to 9th centuries AD, associated with the Pictish culture. These stones may have had religious, territorial, or commemorative functions, often linked to early Christian symbolism and Pictish royal or elite identity.
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Places near here
BurgheadFloor(s) (9th Century), Fort (iron Age), Midden (9th Century), Post Hole(s) (period Unassigned), Rampart (period Unknown), Structure (post Medieval), Bead (roman), Coin (roman), Coin (7th Century) (841)-(850) · 22 yd
Brochers' MemorialMemorial · 50 yd
Burghead, Clavie StoneCommemorative Monument (period Unassigned) · 103 yd
Doorie HillArchaeological place · 107 yd
Burghead HarbourHarbour (19th Century) · 146 yd
Shetland Bus War MemorialMemorial · 189 yd
Maid of Moray: Burghead Harbour, Moray FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 195 yd
Dorthea: Burghead Bay, Moray FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
Roseisle beach viewpointViewpoint · 2.1 mi
West BeachBeach / strand · 2.2 mi
East BeachBeach / strand · 2.5 mi
Clashach CoveCave (period Unknown), Pictish Symbol Rock Carving (pictish) · 3.2 mi