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Kirriemuir - Pictish Remains

Standing Stone - October 1997

And you could see for miles around,
Sae bonnie was the scene,
And at the edge of the Hill Wood,
There stands the Stannin Stene.

The Hill Wood is on the Kirrie Hill - up the Roods to the Hill Road and past the cemetery.  The standing stone is believed to have been an ancient Pictish altar.  It used to be across from the cemetery by the Hill Wood.  It has since been moved to near a stone dike (stane dyke) across from the Hill Wood entry to the cemetery.

Information about other standing stones in and around Kirriemuir may be found at Caddam, Lendrick Lodge, and via Stone Circles in Angus and Perthshire, Auldallan Standing Stones,

For more information about the Picts and their stones see The Pictish Pages.

Standing Stone - October 1997

According to some sources, "the Celtic cross is part of a much wider heritage than many imagine.  Also some of its origins may lie in ancient standing stones including images of the hammer of Thor, or of the sun perhaps and phallic fertility symbols.  But then, our Christian forebears had the sense to baptise pagan things and use them for Christian purposes.  The early Christian missionaries were good teachers who knew that in order to teach the unknown, one has to begin from known reference points.  A pagan stone with a cross on the top in itself is a sign that Christ has conquered, a ring within that cross may have derived from pagan sun worship, but now symbolises the Sun of Righteousness, Yeshua (Jesus) the Messiah, praise His holy name!"

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