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Ulbster, St Martin's Chapel

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

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ulbster, St Martin's Chapel 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 cross slab and symbol stone at Ulbster, St Martin's Chapel likely served a Christian or ceremonial function, possibly marking a burial site or sacred space. Pictish symbols on such stones often conveyed tribal identity, religious meaning, or commemorated individuals.

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