What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Aboyne, Old Parish Church, Cross-slab as Cross Slab (pictish), Ogham Inscribed Stone (pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Dated to the Pictish period (circa 4th to 9th century AD), the cross-slab likely served a Christian or memorial function, possibly marking a burial site or religious location. Its ogham inscription and Pictish symbols may denote a personal name, status, or spiritual significance, reflecting early Gaelic and Pictish cultural fusion.
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Places near here
Kirkton CroftFarmstead (period Unassigned)(possible), Field Boundary (period Unassigned) · 161 yd
Loch of AboyneBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned), Lade (period Unassigned), Mill (period Unassigned)(possible), Pond (period Unassigned) · 218 yd
RosehillFarmhouse (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 393 yd
BonnysideSettlement (period Unassigned) · 570 yd
Aboyne CastleCastle (17th Century), Country House (18th Century), Hospital (first World War), Motte (medieval) · 1736 yd
Image Wood Stone CircleArchaeological place · 1.3 mi
Aboyne, New CemeteryCemetery (20th Century) · 1.4 mi
Aboyne War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Dess WaterfallWaterfall · 1.6 mi
Knappy ParkForest · 1.7 mi
Court HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Coull CastleCastle (medieval), Coin(s) (period Unassigned) · 2.2 mi