Aberlemno no 3, the Roadside cross-slab. View of face of cross-slab.
A 35022
Description Aberlemno no 3, the Roadside cross-slab. View of face of cross-slab.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number A 35022
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 336825, G 83796 S, SC 2254168
Scope and Content West face of Pictish cross-slab known as Aberlemno 3, Aberlemno, Angus The Picts ('painted ones') were a people living in Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde from the 3rd century AD. Nothing is known of their pagan religion, but they had converted to Christianity by the end of the 7th century. Decorated on all sides, the cross-slab stands in its original stone socket. The cross-head is sculpted with raised rectangular and circular bosses. Interlace decorates the ring-head and shaft whilst interlace, animals and angels flank the cross. Cross-slabs were probably devised as prayer-crosses and placed beside tracks or boundaries as a focus for devotion. Some were close to early church sites and may have stood within or at the entrance to monastic enclosures. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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