The slab is carved on both faces in
relief and, as it bears Pictish symbols, it falls into
John Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's classification system as a class II stone.[1][2] The stone bears a number of figural representations and a
mirror and comb symbol. The figures have been identified as Saints Anthony and Paul.[3]
The stone is one of the latest to include pictish symbols and can be dated with confidence to the late 9th/early 10th century.[4]
Kirriemuir 2
Cross slab carved on both faces in relief. It too contains Pictish symbols and falls into John Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's classification system as a class II stone.[1]
References
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abAllen, J. Romilly; Anderson, J. (1903), Early Christian Monuments of Scotland, vol. 1, Balgavies, Angus: Pinkfoot Press (1993 facsimile), pp. 242–245
^"Site record for Kirriemuir 1 stone", Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland. Canmore database., retrieved 6 December 2010
^Laing, Lloyd R. (2000),
"How late were Pictish symbols employed"(PDF), Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 130: 637–650, retrieved 6 December 2010