St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum
St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum, located in the Angus village of St Vigeans, houses an outstanding collection of Pictish carved stones. St Vigeans, close to Arbroath, was the centre of a royal estate in the Early Middle Ages, and was of religious importance as a monastery founded in the 8th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Angus, Scotland, UK
- Address: 2-4 Kirkstyle, St Vigeans, Arbroath, DD11 4RB
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Vigeans Church and Arbroath Abbey.
St Vigeans Church
Church
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St Vigeans Church is a Church of Scotland parish church, serving the parish of the ancient village of St Vigeans on the outskirts of Arbroath, Angus, Scotland.
Arbroath Abbey
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Arbroath Abbey, in the Scottish town of Arbroath, was founded in 1178 by King William the Lion for a group of Tironensian Benedictine monks from Kelso Abbey. Arbroath Abbey is situated 1 mile south of St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum.
Arbroath railway station
Railway station
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Arbroath railway station serves the town of Arbroath in Angus, Scotland. The station is 17 miles east of Dundee on the line between Dundee and Aberdeen, between Carnoustie and Montrose. Arbroath railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St Vigeans and Arbroath.
St Vigeans
Village
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St Vigeans is a small village and parish in Angus, Scotland, immediately to the north of Arbroath. Originally rural, it is now more or less a suburb of the town of Arbroath.
Arbroath
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Arbroath is a small fishing port in Angus in north-east Scotland, 16 miles from Dundee, and with a population of 23,500 in 2022. It's best known for its red sandstone abbey, its local fish specialty "Arbroath Smokies", and as the scene in 1320 of Scotland's first documented assertion of independence, the Declaration of Arbroath.
Colliston
Village
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Colliston is a roadside hamlet in Angus, Scotland that is four miles north of Arbroath on the A933 Arbroath to Brechin road, in the parish of St Vigeans. Colliston is situated 2½ miles northwest of St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum.
St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Angus, North East Scotland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
56.57702° or 56° 34′ 37″ northLongitude
-2.59028° or 2° 35′ 25″ westOperator
Historic ScotlandOpen location code
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way 929249849OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museumWikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to German—“St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “St Vigeans Sculptured Stones”
- German: “Museum von St Vigeans”
- German: “Museum von St. Vigeans”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Vigeans Village Hall and Dundee & Angus College - The Glebe.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “St Vigeans Sculptured Stones Museum”. Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.