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Class II Pictish stone. Part of an upright cross-slab, inscribed with oghams, and sculptured with relief interlacing and a mirror symbol, was found in the late 19th Century under the doorway of the old church of St. Adamnan, Formaston (NJ50SW0001). The stone was removed from the old churchyard before circa 1900 and relocated to the grounds of Aboyne Castle (first at NO 5263 9953, then moved to NO 5210 9924 in circa 1960), before being moved by A. A. Woodham to Inverurie Museum circa 1964. The stone was moved to the Victory Hall at Aboyne (NO59NW0053) in 2002. While it stood in the grounds of Aboyne Castle (in the 20th Century), laid at its base, on the west side, was a loose stone with an inscribed cross on its upper face, but nothing further is known about the origin of this loose stone, or its current location.
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