📌 Shandwick, Highland
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Protected from the elements by a glass box, the Shandwick Stone is one of the most northerly Pictish stones to survive on the Scottish mainland. Carved in around 780 AD by a mysterious people we know relatively little about, the nearly 3 metre-high slab features an elaborate hunting scene, spiral patterns and Pictish symbols on one side, while the other face is a cross flanked by angels, snakes and other animals. It’s probably not quite in its original location, but it’s not far off, and stands only a mile away from the site of the even more ornate Hilton of Cadboll Stone, which has now been moved to a museum with a replica replacement.
🌍 Location
📌 By minor road under 0.5 mi southwest of Shandwick
🧭 O.S. Grid Reference: NH 855747
🛰️ GPS coordinates: 57.747553,-3.924617
🚌 Bus to Shandwick
🚗 Layby (also a passing place – do not block entirely)
📝 Key info
⌚ Always viewable
🎫 Free
