Posted in History, Trips at 12:00 on 6 January 2024
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:-

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

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




A further board gives information about Pictish symbol stones:-

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Posted in Fife at 12:00 on 20 August 2020
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:-

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

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

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

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

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