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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

Strathmiglo

Strathmiglo is a village in Fife, in which comedian Ronnie Corbett once had a home. We pass it on a regular basis. The road on which we do that, though, bypasses the main street but the way we come in passes a road named Cash Fues as the land there once belonged to the ancestors of country singer Johnny Cash.

One day last year we took the time to stop for a look round the village itself.

This is the tolbooth, built in 1734:-

Strathmiglo Tolbooth, Fife, Scotland

View towards East Lomond – the second highest hill in Fife. (The highest is the West Lomond.)

View of Street, East Lomond

There is a wonderful monkey puzzle tree (araucaria) just off the main street – with the kirk beyond:-

Monkey puzzle and Strathmiglo  Kirk

By the entrance to the kirk is a Pictish stone:-

Pictish Stone, Strathmiglo

A plaque on the wall beside it has a description:-

Strathmiglo, Pictish Stone Plaque

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