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Aldbar Chapel 57330 58205
Cross Slab(S) (Pictish)
Site Name Aldbar Chapel 57330 58205
Classification Cross Slab(S) (Pictish)
Canmore ID 318425
Site Number NO55NE 8.01
NGR NO 57330 58205
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/318425
- Council Angus
- Parish Aberlemno
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Angus
- Former County Angus
Reference (1903)
In 1903, two sculptured stones are recorded in the chapel. One, an upright cross slab, is said to have stood in the burial ground of the old chapel, while the other (now at Brechin Cathedral - see NO56SE 12) with the Virgin and Child upon it, is said to have been found at Brechin.
J R Allen and J Anderson 1903.
Note (1983)
Aldbar Chapel NO 573 582 NO55NE 8
This Class III Pictish cross-slab (now in Brechin Cathedral) stood in the burial-ground of Aldbar Chapel until shortly before 1842.
RCAHMS 1983
(NSA, xi, Forfar, 631-2; Stuart 1856, 25, plate lxxxii; Allen and Anderson 1903, iii, 245-7).
Note (30 April 1986)
From photographic evidence held in NMRS it now seems that both the stones described are in Brechin Cathedral NO56SE 22.
30 April 1986.
