St. Orlands Stone
The St. Orlands Stone ( English St Orland's Stone ; also known as Cossans Stone or Cossins Stone ) is a class II cross-slab in Cossans, near Glamis , about 3 km south of the A926 between Kirriemuir and Forfar , in Angus in Scotland .
The Old Red Sandstone (ORS) cross slab is 2.4 meters high, 0.7 meters wide and 0.25 meters thick. The plate is carved in relief on both sides and, as it bears Pictish symbols, falls into the class system of Allen and Joseph Anderson as a class II stone.
One side of the plate bears a Celtic ring cross decorated with knot patterns and spirals. It is surrounded by intertwined fantastic animals in the lower two quadrants. The edge also seems to have had a knot pattern once, but is weathered.
The reverse consists of pictorial symbols, crescent moon and V-rod, as well as double disc and Z-rod. Below you can see a hunting scene with four riders, accompanied by two horses, including a boat loaded with passengers and the depiction of a fantastic animal facing or attacking a bull. A square section between the Pictish symbols and the figural carving is missing and appears to have been cut out. The carving is bordered by nested nodes.
At some point the stone was broken and repaired with iron clamps.
Nearby is the Glamis Manse symbol stone .
literature
- Historic Scotland: The Picts, in Tabraham, C. 2nd. Edinburgh 1999 pp. 30-31
- A. Jackson: The symbol stones of Scotland: a social anthropological resolution to the problem of the Picts. Kirkwall 1984
- EW MacKie: Scotland: an archaeological guide: from the earliest times to the twelfth century. London. 1975
Web links
- Entry on St. Orlands Stone in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland database
Coordinates: 56 ° 38 ′ 17.3 " N , 2 ° 58 ′ 42.5" W.