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Sueno’s Stone, Forres, Moray

From Findhorn it was on to Forres, only five miles away.

We’d been to Forres before but our main objective this time was to see Sueno’s Stone, since we hadn’t visited it the last time.

Sueno’s Stone from car park:-

Sueno's Stone, Forres

As you can see the stone is covered in glass to protect it from the elements.

Information board:-

Sueno's Stone Information Board 1

The stone is enormous, 21 feet high and inscribed with Pictish symbols:-

Sueno's Stone Closer view

Sueno's Stone

Sueno's Stone, Forres

Sueno's Stone, Side View

A further board gives information about Pictish symbol stones:-

Pictish Stone Information Board, Sueno's Stone

Duffus Castle

Duffus Castle is a few miles north of Elgin in Moray.

Castle from car park:-

Duffus Castle, Elgin, Moray, Scotland

From approach path:-

Duffus Castle, Moray

Information board:-

Duffus Castle, info board, Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Castle interior:-

Duffus Castle

Duffus Castle , Elgin, Moray, Scotland

Duffus Castle , Elgin, Moray, Scotland7

Castle from east:-

Duffus Castle from East

External wall (seen to left above):-

Duffus Castle, External Wall

Wee bridge at end of path from Duffus Castle in photo two above:-

Wee Bridge at End of Path from Duffus Castle

As we were walking back up the path towards the castle to go back to the car park we heard a tremendous roar. Two jet planes came flying over. This is one of them:-

Jet Fighetr over Duffus Castle, Moray

 

Grantown-on-Spey, Strathspey District War Memorial

Grantown-on-Spey is a town in the former county of Moray in the Highland region of Scotland.

Its War Memorial is a stone column on a square plinth and sits beside the town square. The names of killed and missing are on bronze plaques on the plinth where can also be found a frieze depicting a kilted soldier. When we visited the memorial was decorated with flags making some of the inscriptions unreadable. (Unobstructed photos can be found here.)

Grantown-on-Spey War Memorial 1

Frieze, Grantown-on-Spey War Memorial

Dedication and names of men from Grantown-on-Spey. (The dedication is highlighted here.)

Grantown-on-Spey War Memorial, Name Plaque

The next plaque bears names from Abernathy (obscured,) Duthil, Rothiemurchus and Aviemore.

Name Plaque, Grantown-on-Spey War Memorial 3

The top named town below (Inverallan) is obscured but Cromdale and Advie are discernible:-

Name Plaque, Grantown-on-Spey War Memorial

The Royal British Legion building in Grantown has minor Art Deco styling and was also decorated for remembrance (even though it was April.)

Minor Art Deco in Grantown-on-Spey, British Legion Building

Edited (16/1/2/23) to add:-

According to the Scottish Cinemas website this building has been used as a cinema.

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