This Pictish
cross stands by an ancient track, which led from the fort to the monastery at Brechin.
Beneath the huge wheel of the cross, two angels bow their heads in contemplation. Three
Pictish stones have survived at the village of Aberlemno. A tilting pillar covered in
enigmatic symbols and two cross-slabs dating from around the 8th century. Carved on the
back one of the cross slabs is the battle of Nechtansmere (685), where the Picts had won
their famous victory over the Angles. The battlefield was just a few miles away from
Aberlemno. |
