What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Madoes Churchyard, Cross-slab 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.
Dateable to the Pictish period (circa 4th–9th century AD), the cross-slab likely served a funerary or commemorative function and may have been associated with early Christian practice. Pictish symbol stones often combined Christian and native iconography, though specific meanings or folklore connected to this example are not recorded.
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Places near here
St Madoes, St Madoes Parish ChurchChurch (18th Century) · 23 yd
St MadoesEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 45 yd
GlencarseAxehead (stone)(neolithic) · 344 yd
Glencarse, Glencarse HotelHotel (period Unassigned) · 448 yd
Glencarse HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Glendoick HouseCountry House (18th Century), Tower House (medieval)(possible) · 1.6 mi
Balthayock CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.8 mi
SeggiedenNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.0 mi
Lornie WoodForest · 2.0 mi
Newburgh War MemorialMemorial · 2.8 mi
Pannoch WoodWood · 3.0 mi