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Aboyne, Old Parish Church, Cross-slab

Cross Slab (pictish), Ogham Inscribed Stone (pictish), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish)

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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