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Aberlemno no 2, Pictish Cross-slab, the Churchyard Stone. Reverse of slab, showing Pictish symbols and battle scene.
A 35027 CT
Description Aberlemno no 2, Pictish Cross-slab, the Churchyard Stone. Reverse of slab, showing Pictish symbols and battle scene.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number A 35027 CT
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 337151
Scope and Content Symbol stone known as Aberlemno 2 at Aberlemno, Angus Aberlemno 2 stands in the churchyard where it was originally found. Both faces are covered with relief carving. One side has a cross slab and the other shows a battle scene. This is a view of the E face. It shows a battle scene with horsemen and foot-soldiers. Above are two Pictish symbols - a notched-rectangle and Z-rod and a triple-disc and bar. The carvings are framed by two serpents. Aberlemno is near the site of the battle of Nechtansmere (Dunnichen), where in AD 685 the Picts defeated the Northumbrian army. The stone may have been erected about a century later to commemorate the victory. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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