Picts, Abbots and the Hidden Crown Jewels
Picts, Abbots and the Hidden Crown Jewels
Weekend

Picts, Abbots and the Hidden Crown Jewels

Total miles…
Drive time…
Period—

Angus / Aberdeenshire

A road route from Pictish picture-stones to Arbroath's independence myth and Dunnottar's cliff-top escape story for the Honours of Scotland.

12
Route map0 stops · 1 along the way
Plan your visit
Getting there
Best by car; Arbroath and Stonehaven have rail links, but Aberlemno and St Vigeans are much easier with wheels.
Parking
Use village/official parking carefully at Aberlemno and St Vigeans; Dunnottar has on-site visitor parking.
Best time
May to September, outside winter stone-covering season
Terrain
Short village walks, museum interiors, abbey ruins and many exposed steps at Dunnottar.

The trip story

0 stops

    Some site IDs in this trip weren't found in the sheet: aberlemno-pictish-stones, st-vigeans-sculptured-stones, arbroath-abbey, dunnottar-castle

    What remains

    This is early Scotland turning legible by degrees: images first, then abbey writing, then a political document, then the royal objects themselves.

    Along the way