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Forteviot Churchyard, Cross-slab

Cross Slab (early Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Forteviot Churchyard, Cross-slab as Cross Slab (early Medieval). 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.
Early Medieval in date, the cross-slab at Forteviot Churchyard likely served a Christian funerary or commemorative purpose, reflecting the spread of Christianity in Pictish Scotland. Its design may incorporate both Pictish and Anglo-Saxon artistic influences.

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