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A Pictish Class II cross-slab discovered during ploughing on 18th April 1994 and identified by N Atkinson who also visited the findspot with the farmer. The slab is incomplete, both the top and bottom are missing and it shows signs of plough damage. However, algae and lichen remains suggest that the stone was exposed. It may have been built into the adjacent field wall, which had an opening made for a gate 30-40 years previously. The slab's dimensions are : 42cm high x 35cm wide x 12cm thick. The front of the stone bears a latin cross, the head of which is missing. The cross is infilled with knotwork, which has an incised medial line. One of the round hollow angles remains, on the left of the slab, indicating the shape of the cross. Both panels flanking the shaft of the cross have rectangular shapes filled with crosses, four on the left and three on the right. The remains of a border, which probably ran along all edges, survives on the left of the stone. The back of the stone is dominated by the figure of a woman, the top of whose head is missing. Her dress bears a hem of interlace and each shoulder has a diagonal pattern and is fastened by a huge penannular brooch in the middle of the dress. Flanking the figure are a panel of interlace on the right and a mirror and comb symbols on the left. The cross slab is now at the Meffan Institute, Forfar.
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