Sueno's Stone in Forres

Sueno's Stone is an ancient Pictish standing stone—standing 23 feet high—on a major road junction. Located on the northeast edge of Forres, it was most likely erected just before the start of the last millennium, possibly by Kenneth MacAlpin, who was the first king of the Scots after he defeated the kings of the seven Northern Pictish kingdoms. Download high resolution version (600x800, 87 KB)Suenos stone in Forres Author: Wojsyl File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Download high resolution version (600x800, 87 KB)Suenos stone in Forres Author: Wojsyl File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Picts inhabited Pictavia or Pictland - Caledonia (Scotland), north of the River Forth - prior to the Scotticisation of the area. ... Suenos Stone in Forres Forres, an ancient Royal Burgh Town, is situated in the North of Scotland on the Moray Coast. ... Kenneth I the Hardy (ca. ... Scotland (Alba in Scottish Gaelic) is a country or nation and former independent kingdom of northwest Europe, and one of the four constituent parts of the United Kingdom. ...

Local legend however says this was the crossroads where Macbeth originally met the three witches. In the legend, they were eventually imprisoned inside the stone—should the stone be broken they would be released. Scene from Macbeth by William Rimmer, depicting the witches conjuring of an apparition in Act IV, Scene I Macbeth is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, based loosely on the historical King Macbeth of Scotland. ...

In the early 1990s the stone was encased in armoured glass to prevent erosion and graffiti which were damaging the inscriptions on it. Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...