Up against the wall just outside the gates to the kirkyard in Strathmiglo is a re-erected standing stone with its own little concrete kerb. The stone had been used as a gatepost nearby but had fallen, and in the 1960s two Pictish symbols - a tuning fork above a deer head - were noticed.
Probably carved around the 8th Century AD, the meaning of the symbols is unknown. Indeed, what the 'tuning fork' symbol is a picture of is also unknown - it is just a more convenient name than elongated notched rectangle and disc.
1/5 The Pictish stone at the entrance to the kirkyard.
2/5 A closer view of the stone.
3/5 Side lighting reveals the symbols carved into the stone.
4/5 An overlay to make the symbols clearer.
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Nearby Sites
8km Orwell Standing Stones
8km Strathendry Standing Stone
16km Perth Museum Pictish Stones
17km Murrayshall Standing Stone
18km Scoonie Pictish Stone Pictish Symbol Stone Class II
18km Dupplin Cross Pictish Free-Standing Cross
18km Shianbank Stone Circles
20km Lundin Links Standing Stones
20km Dunning Standing Stone
(NB: All distances are as-the-crow-flies. Lochs, mountains and beautiful winding roads will make it further. Sometimes much further.)