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Kinnaird Mausoleum is a Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab located in Perthshire, Scotland, and protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1658. The monument represents a significant fusion of Pictish carved tradition with later medieval ecclesiastical use. The slab displays characteristic Pictish symbols incised into stone that rests upon bedrock of the Stratheden Group, formed in the Late Devonian period and comprising interbedded sandstone and conglomerate. This geology provided local stone suitable for carving and monument construction.
The site's history reflects the transition from Pictish to Christian religious practice in early medieval Scotland. The cross-slab likely dates to the early medieval period when Pictish symbol-stones were being incorporated into Christian contexts. The mausoleum structure itself is medieval in origin, indicating that this location retained significant ceremonial and burial importance through successive periods of Scottish history.
The survival of the symbol-bearing slab within the later medieval mausoleum demonstrates the enduring sacred status of the site. Such monuments typically served both commemorative and boundary-marking functions within early medieval communities. The continued use of the location for burials and Christian worship underscores the continuity of religious practice at Kinnaird across centuries of cultural and ecclesiastical change.
Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab, Kinnaird Mausoleum (formerly Rossie Church) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1658. View the official record →
Kinnaird Mausoleum is a Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab located in Perthshire, Scotland, and protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM1658.
Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab, Kinnaird Mausoleum (formerly Rossie Church) dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a kinnaird mausoleum (formerly rossie church). It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab, Kinnaird Mausoleum (formerly Rossie Church) is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM1658.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moncur Castle (1.5 km), Moncur, remains of timber buildings 400m WSW of (1.9 km), Enclosures, barrows and pits 360m N of 8 Glebe Park (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab, Kinnaird Mausoleum (formerly Rossie Church)'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Pictish symbol-bearing cross-slab, Kinnaird Mausoleum (formerly Rossie Church) stands on Stratheden Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.