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SUENO'S STONE (Runic Sculptured) Stone Coffin and the Barrel of a Gun found here A.D. 1864 Sueno's Stone
Sueno's Stone
Sueno's Stone
J Miller Esqr
R Urquhart Esqr
Alexander Urquhart Esqr
011.05 This name is applied to a Stone Situated on the north of the road leading to Burghead, and about One half Mile from the Town of Forres. "The Stone or pillar is hard grey Sandstone twenty three feet Above the ground and Said to be Twelve feet more under it. The breadth at the base is four feet; thicKness about fifteen inches, and Covered over with figures of Men on foot and horsebacK. of birds And Animals with runic Knots and Circles Cut in alto-relievo.
Its precise purpose is a matter of dispute, but it is Supposed to have been Set up between the tenth and twelfth Centuries, to Commemorate the victory obtained by the Danish Army over Malcolm II in 1008 in which the King was wounded and Carried off the field. About the year 1812 several human SKeletons Are Said to have been dug up within a few yards of it, which would Coroborate this view of its MarKing a battle field" See "Morayshire Described" pages 269 and 270. In the same field and about 180 yards to the West of this Pillar a Stone Coffin & Barrel of a Gun were dug up by the present Tenant in 1864, and in the adjoining field to the North West pieces Of Sword blads, Buckles, & pieces of Tartan were got when Cultivating it about the year 1828
[Shown in the Parish of Forres]

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