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Meigle

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

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Meigle 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–9th century AD), the Meigle Cross Slab is carved with Christian and Pictish symbols, suggesting a transition from Pagan to Christian traditions. It may have served as a memorial or waymarker, and its imagery reflects early Scottish religious and cultural identity.

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