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Pictish Cross Slab Aberlemno Angus
NO 522 555
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.
The cross slab in situ
Cast of reverse - National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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