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Glamis Manse Stone

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interlace designs, with the arms and portion above the roundel holding zoomorphic interlaces. The cross is surrounded by incised symbols and figural representations. In the lower left-hand quadrant is depiction of two bearded, long-haired men apparently fighting with axes. Above them is what appears
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Historian Lloyd Laing has noted some peculiarities of the layout of the cross face. Firstly, the arms are not perfectly perpendicular to the shaft, being rotated slightly (2.5° anticlockwise). Secondly, the axis of the interlace of the cross roundel is skewed from the axis of the shaft by some 13°.
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The Glamis manse stone belongs to the Aberlemno School of Pictish sculpture as extended by Laing from Ross Trench Jellicoe's original proposed list. In addition to the Glamis manse stone, stones in the Aberlemno School include
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The stone is a cross-slab 2.76 metres (9 ft 1 in) high, 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) wide and 24 centimetres (9.4 in) thick. The slab is pedimented and carved on the cross face in
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to be a cauldron with human legs dangling out of it. The lower right-hand quadrant holds what appears to be either a deer or a hound's head, similar to symbols found on the
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The cross slab is situated at the northeast edge of Glamis village in the grounds of the Manse, close to St Fergus church (
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The rear of the slab holds three incised symbols: a serpent above a fish, with a mirror at the bottom.
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holding a pair of axes. The top left quadrant holds what has been interpreted as a lion.
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armpits. It has an incised ring and the shaft and roundel are decorated with
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The front of the Glamis Manse Stone with its intricately carved cross.
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and Joseph Anderson's classification system as a class II stone.
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The cross face bears a Celtic cross carved in relief with
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The top right quadrant holds a 414:Early Christian Monuments of Scotland 7: 1179:Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Angus 71:Celtic Cross with knotwork interlace 168:and on the other with a variety of 14: 1159:Pictish stones in Angus, Scotland 342:"Site details for Glamis 2 stone" 51:2.76 metres (9 ft 1 in) 659:Portmahomack sculpture fragments 1174:Monumental crosses in Scotland 669:Rosemarkie sculpture fragments 460:Trench-Jellicoe, Ross (1999), 248:Relationship with other stones 1: 317:Historic Environment Scotland 1001:St Vigeans Sculptured Stones 986:Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones 991:Monifieth Sculptured Stones 946:Aberlemno Sculptured Stones 771:Inveravon Church stones (4) 763:Easterton of Roseisle stone 269:, Menmuir 1, Kirriemuir 1, 1195: 1006:Strathmartine Castle Stone 427:Allen, J. Romilly (1890), 205:, and the rear face bears 868:Broomend of Crichie stone 750:Burghead (fragment) stone 566:Pictish sculptured stones 475:: 597–647, archived from 387:: 223–239, archived from 25: 917:Newbigging, Leslie Stone 900:Logie Elphinstone Stones 1164:9th century in Scotland 694:Badenoch and Strathspey 644:Hilton of Cadboll Stone 209:symbols. It falls into 1169:9th-century sculptures 1039:Meigle standing stones 504:Ritchie, Anna (1997). 265:(the Kirkyard Stone), 257: 21:The Glamis Manse Stone 759:Drainie Carved Stones 372:Laing, Lloyd (2001), 255: 914:Nether Corskie Stone 782:symbol wall carvings 1126: /  981:Hunter's Hill Stone 929:Tillytarmont Stones 741:Birnie Symbol Stone 629:Edderton Cross Slab 394:on 18 December 2010 306:Ritchie 1997, p.30. 287:Hunter's Hill Stone 1130:56.6096°N 3.0022°W 976:Glamis Manse Stone 684:Strathpeffer Stone 258: 211:John Romilly Allen 174:scheduled monument 156:at the village of 146:Glamis Manse Stone 128:Type II cross slab 1109: 1108: 1099:Breck of Hillwell 1021:Perth and Kinross 996:St Orland's Stone 826:Knocknagael Stone 510:Historic Scotland 482:on 25 August 2009 227:Monifieth 2 stone 172:symbols. 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Index


Old Red Sandstone
CE
Glamis
Angus
Scotland
Picto-Scottish
Pictish stone
Glamis
Angus, Scotland
Celtic cross
Pictish
scheduled monument
grid reference
NO38584686
relief
incised
John Romilly Allen
ogee
knotwork
Monifieth 2 stone
triple disc
centaur

Aberlemno 2
Aberlemno 3
Monifieth 2
Eassie
Hunter's Hill Stone
Historic Environment Scotland

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