The Aberlemno Stones

Take the B9134 old Brechin road north-east out of Forfar, and proceed until you reach the village of Aberlemno. Parking is difficult, as the road is narrow, but you may be lucky enough to find space in front of the hall, beside the phone box, if things are quiet. The stones are just across the road from here. From October until May they are covered by wooden boxes to protect them from further erosion, so there is really no point in visiting during that period. There are 3 stones here, and take care crossing the road to them - there is no pavement. The most westerly is a Class 2 and the largest, bearing a Celtic cross on the north face, flanked by angels with books. On the south face is a hunting scene and Pictish symbols. A Celtic motif runs up each side of the stone.
The center stone is a Class 1, with 3 more Pictish symbols thereon. The eastern stone is unmarked.
The name Aberlemno is ancient, deriving from a Pictish and Gaelic mixture: aber, Pictish for 'confluence' or 'river mouth', and leamhanaich, Gaelic for 'of the elm wood'.