Field Visit
Date 18 September 1963
Event ID 919931
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/919931
Generally as described above. A MOW notice on the site gives the following information "SUENO'S STONE- This great monolith was worked by the Picts in the 9th or 10th centuries AD. Its name only recalls a
later legendary association. On one side that facing West is a ringed crosshead above long panels of interlaced ornament characteristic of Dark Age art. The sides bear more linear art a vine scroll and beasts. On the other side is an immense battle scene with ranks of horse and foot soldiers, many armed with swords spears and shields. There are rows of decapitated bodies and heaps of heads about a bell-like object which could be a pictish broch. This outstanding example might be a cenotaph".
Visited by OS (RDL) 18 September 1963.
