Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum

PricingHalf price in your first year of English Heritage membership, then freeEH memberHalf, then freeNon-member£8.50

EH members: half price, then freeInfo

Half price, then free, for English Heritage members

This place is cared for by Historic Environment Scotland. First-year English Heritage members get 50% off the ticket price; members who have renewed get in free. Bring your valid membership card, and any pre-booked tickets, to ensure entry.

Pre-booking is recommended at Edinburgh Castle, Skara Brae, Stirling Castle, Blackness Castle, Urquhart Castle, Doune Castle and Maeshowe. Bookings are limited to six people per membership.
Bring the card itself: joint and family memberships admit the named holders only.
Historic Scotland does not offer reciprocal admission to National Trust properties, and a National Trust card is not accepted here.

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Entry

Non-member prices

Adult (aged 16 to 64)£8.50

Child (aged 7 to 15)£5.00

Concession (aged 65 and over)£6.80

Pricing details

In-person price; £7.50 booked online. One undated price table is published for the April to September season; recheck on reopening in 2027. Children under 7 free but need a ticket; up to two carers free per transaction; Young Scot card holders pay £1 online. Explorer Pass accepted in summer. Family tickets are mentioned but not sold; no joint ticket or audio guide. English Heritage members: half price in your first membership year and free after your first renewal, on showing a valid card; bookings capped at six people per membership. Historic Scotland members free.

In-person price on Historic Scotland's page, which gives £4.50 online; the webstore sells the child ticket at £3.50 online, so the page's child row may be out of date. Under-7s free with a ticket. English Heritage members: half price in your first membership year and free after your first renewal, on showing a valid card; bookings capped at six people per membership. Historic Scotland members free.

In-person price; £6 booked online. English Heritage members: half price in your first membership year and free after your first renewal, on showing a valid card; bookings capped at six people per membership. Historic Scotland members free.

ParkingParking not known

The Trust's page does not say how parking is charged.

Parking details

Historic Scotland says on-street parking is available about 30 m away. No car park is named and no charge or free statement is published, so the status is recorded as unknown.

Driving pin: HES's own pin at the museum on Dundee Road, close to Meigle Church; the entrance is 10 m from the road. Historic Scotland names no bus service, only its journey planners.

About

Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum holds 26 carved Pictish stones from the late 700s to the late 900s, all that survives of the Picts' power centre at Meigle and one of the most important collections of early medieval sculpture in Western Europe. The royal estate of Migdele is recorded in the time of King Ferat, shortly before Kenneth Mac Alpin became king of the Picts and Scots, and many stones may mark the graves of its warrior elite, shown with weapons or hunting. Meigle 1, the oldest, is an 8th-century cross-slab carved with Pictish symbols, horsemen and animals. Meigle 2, two and a half metres tall, shows Daniel in the lions' den among hunting scenes, and local legend says it marked the grave of Vanora, Queen Guinevere. There are recumbent gravestones, a hogback stone and rare fragments of the lost Pictish church. The stones fill a former schoolhouse beside the graveyard where most were found, and reviewers praise the staff who explain them.

ClosedPick a day for times and prices

Until 1 Apr: Closed
From 2 Apr: Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00–16:30, last entry 16:00

Today, Saturday 24 October

Meigle Sculptured Stone MuseumClosed

Opening times may change at short notice.

1 April to 30 September Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 10am to 4.30pm, closed Tuesdays, Thursdays and weekends; closed for lunch 12.30pm to 1pm; last entry 30 minutes before closing; closed 1 October to 31 March. 1 April 2027 is a Thursday, so the first open day is Friday 2 April. Historic Scotland recommends booking an entry slot in advance to guarantee entry. No notice on 18 October 2026.

The museum is 10 m from the road along a fine gravel path, with 5 concrete steps and a handrail to the entrance; alternatively continue up a steep pavement and through the graveyard to a timber ramp. Inside it is level, with a raised threshold and narrow spaces between displays, and chairs to sit and look. Toilets and a small shop; the nearest adapted toilet is 6.5 miles away at Tesco, Welton Road, Blairgowrie. No cafe or audio guide. No dogs except assistance dogs.

Photo: Carved Pictish cross-slabs and grave-markers standing in the whitewashed former schoolhouse of Meigle Sculptured Stone Museum, under its timber roof. PaulT (Gunther Tschuch), CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meigle_Sculptured_Stone_Museum_01.jpg. Licence: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0. Resized and cropped for display; derivatives retain the source licence.