Tour Scotland travel video of a Cross Slab Pictish Symbol Stone in the Churchyard on ancestry visit to Aberlemno, Angus. This majestic early eighth century slab bears a ringed cross which spans the length and breadth of the slab and is outlined by roll mouldings. At the centre of the cross head is a circle, outlined by roll moulding, which contains seven interlinked triple spirals. The side arms contain diagonal key pattern, while the upper and lower arms are filled with interlace forming cruciform designs. The shaft below contains three roundels interlinked by the dense interlace that fills them. The background to the cross is filled with animals seen in profile. Either side of the upper arm of the cross is an animal with its head turned back and away from the cross, that on the left with a serpent’s body grasped in its jaws. To the left of the shaft there are three quadrupeds and a serpent biting one another, ingeniously designed to form four spirals, one above the other. On the right of the shaft is a double spiral knot composed of two creatures with elongated beaks, and below are two elegant seahorses confronted in a figure of eight, protecting a triquetra knot between their lower fins.
