Edinburgh - National Museum of Scotland

Edinburgh has been the capital of Scotland since the 15th century. With a population of around 525,000, it is the second largest city in Scotland after Glasgow.

The city is a cultural centre, and is the home of institutions including the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. Edinburgh's Old Town and New Town together are listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The National Museum of Scotland was formed in 2006 with the merger of the new Museum of Scotland, with collections relating to Scottish antiquities, culture and history, and the adjacent Royal Scottish Museum.

Both parts of the museum are located right next to each other on Chambers Street. The Royal Museum is a museum of natural sciences, technology and art. It is housed in a building dating from 1888. The Museum of Scotland deals with Scottish history and culture. It is located in a new building completed in 1998 right next to the 1888 building.

Woodwrae Stone

The Woodwrae Stone is a (8th/9th c) Pictish symbol stone that was found in 1819 when the foundations of the old castle at Woodwrae in Angus were being cleared. It had been used as a floor slab in the castle kitchen.

The reverse, divided into three sections (seen here), has suffered significant deformation. The upper part shows a rider, a double disc and another distorted symbol. The lower two thirds show a second rider and other animals, including a bull. Under the double disc a carved graffiti (AH).