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Kettins Kirkyard cross slab is a carved stone monument located in Angus, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. The cross slab belongs to a tradition of early medieval Christian monuments that flourished across Scotland, particularly in the northeast. Dating to the early medieval period, such slabs typically marked significant burials or served as focal points for Christian devotion within burial grounds.
The monument sits upon bedrock of the Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, a geological formation of Pragian age composed primarily of sandstone with subordinate layers of conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone. This local stone would have provided accessible material for carving, though the precise source of the cross slab stone remains characteristic of regional monument-building practices.
The slab's presence at Kettins Kirkyard connects it to a long tradition of Christian burial and worship at this site. Such cross-marked stones reflect the adoption of Christian symbol-use by Pictish and other northern British communities during the early medieval centuries. The monument remains an important record of religious practice and stone-working traditions in medieval Angus.
Kettins Kirkyard,cross slab is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM154. View the official record →
Kettins Kirkyard cross slab is a carved stone monument located in Angus, Scotland, protected by Historic Environment Scotland as a scheduled monument. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM154.
Kettins Kirkyard,cross slab is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM154.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dunsinane Hill, fort (7.7 km), Kirkton of Collace, enclosure 380m ENE of (8 km), Kirkton of Collace, cairn 420m S of Flowerdale Farm (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Kettins Kirkyard,cross slab's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Kettins Kirkyard,cross slab stands on Arbuthnott-Garvock Group, bedrock that formed in the Pragian. The rock here is sandstone with subordinate conglomerate, siltstone and mudstone.