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Class I symbol stone Aberlemno Angus

NO 522 559

This stands adjacent to the public road 245m North of Aberlemno Church.

On one face there are a serpent, a double disc with Z-rod, a mirror and a comb; near the bottom on the back there are six cup-marks.

Class I symbol stone Aberlemno%2C Angus

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Pictish Stone Rosemarkie

Found in Rosemarkie churchyard while grave digging. It depiects a profile of a bearded man surrounded by four beasts which may represent Daniel in the Den of the Lions

Pictish Stone - Rosemarkie

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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 

Pictish Cross Slab - Aberlemno%2C Angus

Cast of reverse - National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh 

Cast of reverse - National Museum of Scotland%2C Edinburgh

Cast of reverse - National Museum of Scotland%2C Edinburgh

Cast of reverse - National Museum of Scotland%2C Edinburgh

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Class II stone Hilton of Cadboll

Class II symbol stone.

The cross on face has been destroyed. On the reverse are a mounted female figure accompanied by other mounted figures,musicians and animals in a detailed hunting scene.

A mirror and comb lie to the left and are surmounted by a crescent and V-rod :a double-disc and Z-rod are seen in a frame above.

Class II stone -Hilton of Cadboll

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Class I symbol stone Grantown

Class I symbol stone bearing a stag above a rectangle

The symbol stone found in digging the knoll called Cnoc-an-Fruich, a place near Grantown. It is a slab of mica schist of rectangular shape 4ft by 10 inches by 9 inches thick, incised on one face.

Class I symbol stone%2C Grantown

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Pictish Cross Monifieth

Pictish Cross Shaft, the main face including Christ (broken) , saints and David playing a harp

Pictish Cross - Monifieth

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