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Skeith Stone

Cross Incised Stone (early Medieval)
Skeith Stone
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skeith Stone as Cross Incised Stone (early Medieval). 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.
Skeith Stone is associated with St Cuthbert and is believed to have been a site of Christian pilgrimage and ritual in early medieval Scotland. Local tradition holds that the stone's incised cross and its location near a natural spring may have been linked to healing practices and the veneration of saints in the region.

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