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Sueno's Stone

All pictures copyright © 1996, 1997, 1998 Martin McCarthy

The massive (20 feet high) 9th century Sueno's Stone at Forres in Moray. It is the largest known Pictish sculptured stone. On one side (pictured) is a large cross. On the other side are scenes of fighting and killing, dead and decapitated bodies...almost a hundred figures in all.
And why, I hear you cry, did he take a picture of the cross side when there's all that interesting blood and guts on the other side?
A fair question. Due to the best efforts of the weather, which has no great interest in Pictish monuments, the slab is protected by a glass enclosure. With the bright skies, the reflections completely obscured the detail. Perhaps another time.
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