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Sueno Stone Forres TO3357371JHP Sueno Stone Cross-slab Pictish Battle Record Covered Perspex Weathering describing the defeat of the Danes in 1014AD. It stands 23 feet high, the tallest such medieval sculpture in Scotland and the 7.6 ton sandstone slab is decorated with warriors, war scenes, the vanquished corpses, animals and Celtic interlaced spiral knotwork. It has been covered in this huge Perspex canopy to stop the weathering that is caused by modern acid rain. Keywords: Scotland, Moray, Morayshire, Firth, Highlands, Scottish, Forres, Sueno, Stone, cross-slab, upright, Royal Burgh, Pictish, battle, victory, Norse, Orkney, 9th century, AD, medieval, sculpture, sandstone, ring-headed, interlace, spiral, knot-work, bearded, figures, war, report, covered, conservation
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Photographer: Jim Henderson
Collection: Morayshire
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Sueno Stone Forres TO3357371JHP
Upload Date: 2006-05-09 11:50:37
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Sueno Stone Cross-slab Pictish Battle Record Covered Perspex Weathering describing

the defeat of the Danes in 1014AD. It stands 23 feet high, the tallest such medieval sculpture in Scotland and the 7.6 ton sandstone slab is decorated with warriors, war scenes, the vanquished corpses, animals and Celtic interlaced spiral knotwork. It has been covered in this huge Perspex canopy to stop the weathering that is caused by modern acid rain.
Keywords: Scotland, Moray, Morayshire, Firth, Highlands, Scottish, Forres, Sueno, Stone, cross-slab, upright, Royal Burgh, Pictish, battle, victory, Norse, Orkney, 9th century, AD, medieval, sculpture, sandstone, ring-headed, interlace, spiral, knot-work, bearded, figures, war, report, covered, conservation