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Site of the Elgin Pillar, a Class II Pictish Symbol stone/cross-slab. It is a very fine, early Christian, cross-slab with Pictish symbols on one face and a cross with interlaced pattern on the other, in granite. The stone was found in 1823 during repairs being carried out at Elgin High Street, within the former churchyard of St Giles. It lay horizontally, 0.6m below the ground surface, North East of the old church. It was subsequently relocated to the West end of Elgin Cathedral Quire, on its North side (NJ26SW0002). The front of the stone is divided into two panels, the upper having a cross with small hollows between the arms covered with zoomorphic interlace. The cross is surrounded by half figures. The lower panel has gripping beasts. On the back of the slab, at the top, are the remains of a possible rectangle symbol, then a double disc and Z-rod and a crescent and V-rod decorated with spiral work. Below these is a hunting scene consisting of four horsemen, hounds, a stag and a standing hawk.
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Historic Environment Records (HER) 
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NJ26SW0474 - THE ELGIN PILLAR