Cross-slab from Altyre House
The cross-slab of Altyre house is a sandstone pillar and has stood eight kilometers south of Forres in County Moray in Scotland on the Altyre estate since 1820 . It is said to have come from a field in Roseisle, northeast of Forres.
The approximately three meters high, slim cross-slab has a flat rectangular cross-section of 86 × 18 cm and stands on a field surrounded by forest. The Pictish sandstone column dates from at least the 9th century and is decorated with a partially preserved cross on the front and an incompletely incised cross on the back. The Ogham script on the left is over three feet long. Its meaning is unknown, however, as it is written in Pictish.
Nearby are the ruins of the 13th century Altyre Old Parish Church . Just a few kilometers from the Altyre House cross slab is the similar Sueno stone .
literature
- WM Calder, K. Jackson: An inscription from Altyre , In: Proc Soc Antiq Scot, Vol. 90, 1956-7. Pp. 246-50
- Anna Ritchie, Graham Ritchie : Scotland. Archeology and Early History (= Ancient peoples and places. 99). Thames and Hudson Ltd., London 1981, ISBN 0-50002-100-7 .
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Coordinates: 57 ° 34 ′ 42.2 " N , 3 ° 36 ′ 31.2" W.