'Kirriemuir 2' Pictish cross-slab

Description

About 850 A.D K1999.352 The cross slab here is decorated with sculpture on both faces. On the side there is key patterning above a faint ogham inscription, as of yet undeciphered. One face depicts a cross adorned with intricate key patterning. Angels rest on the arms of the cross. A figure dressed in a plaid-like garment carries a small shield and spear. On the right a bird hovers over a dead stag accompanied by three hunting dogs. The other face has a double-disc and Z-rod. Below is a hunting scene with two well-dressed hunters on horseback. One of them is about to spear a stag that is being harassed by his deerhound. On display at the Meffan Museum & Art Gallery Angus Council Collections managed by ANGUSalive Museums, Galleries & Archives