Aberlemno
Coordinates: 56°41′29″N 2°47′01″W / 56.69146°N 2.78364°W
| Aberlemno | |
| Scottish Gaelic: Obar Leamhnach | |
 Aberlemno Kirk |
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 Aberlemno
Aberlemno shown within Angus |
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| OS grid reference | NO521558 |
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| Council area | Angus |
| Lieutenancy area | Angus |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | FORFAR |
| Postcode district | DD8 |
| Dialling code | 01307 |
| Police | Tayside |
| Fire | Tayside |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Angus |
| Scottish Parliament | North Tayside |
| List of places: UK • Scotland • | |
Aberlemno (Gaelic: Obar Leamhnach) is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones (and one fragment) dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD (Historic Scotland); the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage. Two stones (and the fragment) stand by the B9134 Forfar-Brechin road, the Kirkyard Stone stands in the nearby graveyard of the parish church.
A genus of fossil plants first found in a nearby quarry is named Aberlemnia in honour of the location.
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[edit] Sculptured Stones
Aberlemno is notable for the presence of four early Medieval Standing Stones, as well as a fifth that is currently on display at McManus Galleries.
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- Crombie, J. (1842). The new statistical account of Scotland, Parish of Aberlemno, Forfarshire. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=He81AAAAMAAJ&pg=PA626. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- Cummins, WA (1999). The Picts and their symbols. Stroud, Gloucester: Sutton Publishing.
- Fraser, James E. (2006), The Pictish Conquest: The Battle Of Dunnichen 685 and the Birth of Scotland, Stroud, Gloucester: Tempus
- Jervise, Andrew (1856). "Notices descriptive of the localities of certain sculptured stone monuments in Forfarshire, &c. (Part I.)". Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 2: 187–201. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_002/2_187_201.pdf.
- Laing, L (2000). "The Chronology and Context of Pictish Relief Sculpture". Medieval Archaeology 34: 81–114. http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/arch-769-1/ahds/dissemination/pdf/vol44/44_081_114.pdf.
- Mitchel, A. (1792). The statistical account of Scotland, Parish of Aberlemno, County of Forfar. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nPpp6ED8c3EC&pg=PA60. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- Nennius. "Historia Brittonum". http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/basis/nennius-full.html. Retrieved 2009-08-29.
[edit] External links
- Aberlemno - site information from Historic Scotland
- Aberlemno Stones: I, II, III, V
- Aberlemno Sculptured Stones
