Tour Scotland 4K early Summer travel video, with Scottish music, of the High Keillor Pictish Standing Stone on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Strathmore, on the Border between Angus and Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. A wonderful Pictish standing stone, dramatically located on the slopes of the Sidlaw Hills overlooking Strathmore. This is a Class I Pictish symbol stone, possibly created from an earlier standing stone. The symbol stone stands on top of a Bronze Age tumulus, or mound, and has been set in a concrete base to stop it from falling. The South face of the High Keillor stone is carved with traditional Pictish symbols including a mirror and comb, double disc and Z-rod, and an unknown animal. The animal has been variously interpreted as a badger, a wolf, and a bear. The stone was probably carved sometime during the 6th to 8th centuries AD. The High Keillor stone was first recorded in 1832. Within twenty years the upper section of the stone had broken off. It was reattached between 1848 and 1856 and clamped together to insure its stability. The symbol stone is 6'4" high and 2'9" wide (1.98m x 0.83m) and is aligned on an ENE/WSW axis. The tumulus on which the stone stands has been investigated by archaeologists, who discovered several cist burials with urns.The stone is signposted from the crossroads in nearby Newtyle. From Newtytle, follow the minor road west towards Kettins and Coupar Angus, and turn left just after you leave the village onto the country lane to Keillor. The road makes a sharp bend, past the gates of Kilpurnie Castle, and follows the stone wall that defines the castle grounds before emerging into open farmland. You pass Hill of Keillor on your left before coming to the symbol stone, just beyond the stone wall on your right and opposite the drive to High Keillor. The stone is sometimes referred to as the Baldowrie Symbol Stone. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September.
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