Depictions in Meigle

There's a great little museum of Pictish stones in Meigle, not far from Glamis, all culled from the very old church cemetery next door. It's small, but the one-person staff will tell you everything you need to know and answer every question. Small, but well-known and evidently very popular.

Part of the very old church cemetery--half the markers are

tumbling down and are so noted

Mound where, legend has it, Vanora (Guinevere) lies buried;

according to this less well known Arthurian legend, Vanora

was raped by Mordred, and so, to preserve his honor, Arthur

had to have her killed; not exactly Lerner and Lowe material,

I'd say; and no role for Robert Goulet

Weird Pictish animal depiction

This is a Class 2 stone, that is, mixed Christian

and Pictish--this is the Christian side, with a

Greek-style cross

And this is the other, Pictish, side; obviously,

they were hedging their bets; but it's even

better, in that the stone originally had extenive

cup marks (look at the bottom), indicating use

aeons before the 7th and 8th centuries;

obviously, they were into re-cycling as well.