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Site of a castle and discovery of Pictish symbol stones. The remains of the castle (recorded variously as Woodrae, Woodray, or Woodwray) were cleared away in 1819 resulting in the discovery of two sculptured cross-slabs with symbols from the foundations. One slab was lost by 1854, but the other was presented to Sir Walter Scott and kept at Abbotsford until it was presented to the NMAS, by Lt Col Maxwell-Scott of Abbotsford, in 1924. It had apparently been used as a slab for the kitchen floor. It is a Class II upright cross-slab 1.75m high by 1.6m at base tapering to 0.83m at the top by 12.7cm thick. The front bears the cross with interlacing and beasts. The back, divided into two panels, bears symbols, horsemen etc. (This slab is so like those from Aberlemno (NO 522 555) only half a mile away, that it must have come from there.) The slab in the museum has metric dimensions of 1.75m x 1m x 0.12m. The front bears an interlaced cross surrounded by beasts, the back is divided into panels containing a galloping horseman, double-disc and step symbols, and the lower panels show horsemen, monsters and beasts.
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NO55NW0006 - WOODRAE