Alternative Names Aberlemno Churchyard; Aberlemno No 2.
Site type CROSS SLAB (PICTISH), PICTISH SYMBOL STONE (PICTISH)
Canmore ID 34806
Site Number NO55NW 26
NGR NO 52239 55554
Council ANGUS
Parish ABERLEMNO
Former Region TAYSIDE
Former District ANGUS
Former County ANGUS

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Notes and Activities

1903

REFERENCE

Notes NO55NW 26 52239 55554

For parish church and churchyard, see also NO55NW 28.

(NO 5223 5555) Cross Slab (NR)
OS 6" map (1970)

An upright cross-slab of Old Red Sandstone, 7ft 6ins high by 4ft 2ins wide at the bottom and tapering to 2ft 11 1/2ins wide at the top, by 8ins thick. The ornament is partly incised and partly relief, consisting of a cross edged by spirals, and on the reverse the two-legged rectangle, the Z-rod, the triple disc, and a battle scene consisting of three rows of figures.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903

This large Cross Slab remains as described in front of the west gable of Aberlemno Church.
Visited by OS (JLD) 21 August 1958

Class II symbol stone - Aberlemno 2 - showing a cross on the face. On the reverse is a divided rectangle and Z-rod beside a triple disc. Below these are a detailed battle scene.
A Mack 1997.



Further details

21 August 1958

FIELD VISIT

Notes This large Cross Slab remains as described in front of the west gable of Aberlemno Church.
Visited by OS (JLD) 21 August 1958

Further details

1997

REFERENCE

Notes Class II symbol stone - Aberlemno 2 - showing a cross on the face. On the reverse is a divided rectangle and Z-rod beside a triple disc. Below these are a detailed battle scene.
A Mack 1997.


Further details

Books and References

Allen and Anderson, J R and J (1903) The early Christian monuments of Scotland: a classified illustrated descriptive list of the monuments with an analysis of their symbolism and ornamentation, Edinburgh
Page(s): 209 figs 227A, 227B Held at RCAHMS G.1.11.ALL

Armit, I (1998i) Scotland's hidden history, Stroud, Gloucestershire
Page(s): 140-1 Fig 80 Held at RCAHMS E.2.1.ARM

Beck, R (1992) Scotland's native horse: its history, breeding and survival, Wigtown
Page(s): 142-3 Held at RCAHMS E.13.BEC

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