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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Places near here
Ulbster, St Martin's Burial Ground and Sinclair MausoleumBurial Ground (18th Century), Chapel (medieval), Mausoleum (18th Century) (1700)(possible) · 12 yd
Ulbster, Mains of UlbsterFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 189 yd
Mains of UlbsterClearance Cairn (period Unassigned) · 365 yd
Stack of UlbsterIsland · 468 yd
Hill of UlbsterQuarry (period Unassigned) · 608 yd
Hole of TroupaCliff · 1.3 mi
Whale GeoBay · 1.3 mi
Whaligoe stepsViewpoint · 1.3 mi
The StackIsland · 1.4 mi
Burn of WhilkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 3.2 mi
Rein: Helman Head, North SeaSteamship (20th Century) · 3.5 mi
General Horne memorialMemorial · 4.5 mi