Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum

The Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum is a permanent exhibition of 27 carved Pictish stones in the centre of the village of Meigle in eastern Scotland. It lies on the A94 road running from Coupar Angus to Forfar. The museum occupies the former parish school, built 1844. The collection of stones implies that an important church was located nearby, or perhaps a monastery. There is an early historical record of the work of Thana, son of Dudabrach, who was at Meigle in the middle of the 9th century during the reign of King Pherath. Thana was likely to have been a monk serving as a scribe in a local monastery that could have been founded in the 8th century. The stones contained in the museum were all found near Meigle, mostly in the neighbouring churchyard or used in the construction of the old church. The present church building dates to about 1870, the previous building having been destroyed in a fire on 28 March 1869. The stones were rescued by William Galloway immediately after the fire. The stones are Christian monuments to the dead of the Pictish warrior aristocracy, who are depicted on the stones bearing their weapons or hunting.

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  Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum ⓘ
  museum in a former school building, in Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK

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Exhibits in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (O55379)

Exhibits in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (O55377)

Exhibits in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (O55368)

Exhibits in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (O55367)

Meigle Museum

Sculptured Monument at Meigle

Sculptured Monument at Meigle

Pictish carved stone

Meigle Museum

Meigle 5

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	castle		Claypotts Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Creich Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Dudhope Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Elcho Castle	tower house	Wikidata
site	castle		Huntingtower Castle	castle, tower house, country house	Wikidata
site	castle		Moncur Castle	castle, fortified house	Wikidata
site	castle		Scone Palace	castle, palace, country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1372	Glamis Castle	castle, historic house museum, country house	Wikidata
site	castle	1432	Airlie Castle	castle, mansion	Wikidata
site	castle	1452	Castle Huntly	castle, prison	Wikidata
site	castle	1490	Broughty Castle	castle, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	castle	2009	Balhousie Castle	castle, independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	garden		Pitmuies House	garden, country house	Wikidata
site	museum		Camperdown Wildlife Centre	zoo	Wikidata
site	museum		Dundee Science Centre	science center	Wikidata
site	museum		HMS Unicorn	museum ship, fifth-rate frigate, preserved watercraft	Wikidata
site	museum		Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum	museum, school building	Wikidata
site	museum		RRS Discovery	museum ship, survey vessel, royal research ship, square-rigged ship	Wikidata
site	museum		Tayside Medical History Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		The Museum of Cipher Equipment	museum	Wikidata
site	museum		V&A Dundee	museum, national museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1824	Perth Art Gallery	art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1867	The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery and Museum	museum, art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1880	D'Arcy Thompson Zoology Museum	university museum, scientific collection	Wikidata
site	museum	1898	Meffan Institute	museum, art museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1938	J M Barrie's Birthplace Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1950	Angus Folk Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1962	Black Watch Castle and Museum	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1973	Alyth Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1985	Discovery Point	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1994	Dunkeld Cathedral Chapter House Museum	museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Verdant Works	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2000	Museum of Abernethy	museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2001	Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum	museum, local authority museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2010	Dundee Museum of Transport	independent museum, transport museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2013	Tayside Police Museum	police museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2019	Cateran Ecomuseum	museum	Wikidata
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commons	image		Exhibits in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (O55368)		Commons
commons	image		Exhibits in the Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, Meigle, Perth and Kinross, Scotland (O55367)		Commons
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commons	image		Sculptured Monument at Meigle		Commons
commons	image		Sculptured Monument at Meigle		Commons
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commons	image		Meigle Museum		Commons
commons	image		Meigle 5		Commons