Sueno's Stone
24 minute walk from Forres station · Dundee, Aberdeen and North East · Free entry
Sueno's Stone is a Picto-Scottish Class III standing stone on the north-easterly edge of Forres in Moray and is the largest surviving Pictish style cross-slab stone of its type in Scotland, standing 6.5 metres in height. It is situated on a raised bank on a now isolated section of the former road to Findhorn. The stone is named after Sweyn Forkbeard, but this association has been challenged and it has also been associated with the killing of King Dubh mac Ailpin in Forres in 966. The stone was erected c. 850–950 but by whom and for what, is unknown.
Visitor information
- Place type
- Ancient stones
- Good for
- Archaeology & ancient history, Historic monuments
- Characteristics
- Medieval, Open-air
- Admission
- Free
- Region
- Dundee, Aberdeen and North East
Stations within walking distance
- Forres station — 24 min walk, 2.0 km
Other places near Forres
- Benromach Distillery — 5 min walk from the station
- Forres Mechanics F.C. — 8 min walk from the station
- Forres to Burghead — 12 min walk from the station
- Sanquhar Loch and Nelson Tower, Forres — 19 min walk from the station
- Dallas Dhu and the River Findhorn circuit, Forres — 19 min walk from the station
- Nelson's Tower — 30 min walk from the station