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Pictish symbol stones and standing stone. Aberlemno No.1 is a Class I Symbol Stone. It is a red sandstone pillar, 1.8m high, 0.9m wide and 0.2m thick, having on one face the serpent, double-disc and Z-rod, mirror and comb symbols. There are six cup-marks on the reverse near the base of the stone. To the south-west is a standing stone (Aberlemno No. 4), 1.7m high by 0.6m broad at base, tapering to 0.3m at the top and 0.2m thick which has doubtful traces of a crescent and a curved line. Further south-west is a rectangular, upright Class II cross-slab (Aberlemno No. 3) carved in relief, 2.7m high by 1.0m wide by 0.2m thick. One side bears a full-length ring cross, interlacing animals and angels holding books. The reverse bears the crescent and V-rod and the double-disc and Z-rod. Below this is a hunting scene with trumpeters and at the bottom is a centaur and what appears to be David rending the lion's jaw. The right and left sides have incised spiral decorations. The sculptures are well preserved. This stone is fixed in a stone base. The three stones stand by the roadside, the field dyke skirting them on the east. Site visit in 2021 as part of Scotland's Rock Art Project concluded that the 'cup marks' on Aberlemno 1 are characteristic of natural weathering.
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NO55NW0008 - ABERLEMNO PICTISH SYMBOL STONES