Aberlemno

Population544 (2011 Census)OS grid referenceNO521558Council areaLieutenancy areaCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townFORFARPostcode districtDD8Dialling code01307PoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottish UK ParliamentScottish Parliament 56°41′29″N 2°47′01″W / 56.69146°N 2.78364°W / 56.69146; -2.78364

Aberlemno (Scottish Gaelic: Obar Leamhnach, IPA:[ˈopəɾˈʎɛunəx]) is a parish and small village in the Scottish council area of Angus. It is noted for three large carved Pictish stones (and one fragment) dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD (Historic Scotland); the stones can be viewed at any time in spring-autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage. Two stones (and the fragment) stand by the B9134 Forfar-Brechin road, the Kirkyard Stone stands in the nearby graveyard of the parish church.

The parish of Aberlemno had a population of 544 at the 2011 Census.^[1]

A genus of fossil plants first found in a nearby quarry is named Aberlemnia in honour of the location.

A notable Scottish-American poet, engineer, and editor, James Mackintosh Kennedy, was born in Aberlemno in 1848, and developed his interest in literature through books lent to him by the Aberlemno church.

The Parish was the location of a Royal Observer Corps monitoring bunker between 1961 and 1968. It remains mostly intact and as of 2015, it was being restored. ^[2]

Sculptured Stones

Aberlemno is notable for the presence of four early Medieval standing stones, as well as a fifth that is currently on display at McManus Galleries in Dundee.

See also

• List of places in Angus

Notes

References

• Crombie, J. (1842). The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Parish of Aberlemno, Forfarshire. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
• Cummins, W. A (1999). The Picts and their Symbols. Stroud, Gloucestershire: Sutton Publishing.
• Fraser, James E. (2006), The Pictish Conquest: the Battle of Dunnichen 685 and the Birth of Scotland, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus
• Jervise, Andrew (1856). "Notices descriptive of the localities of certain sculptured stone monuments in Forfarshire, &c. (Part I.)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. 2: 187–201. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2007.
• Laing, L. (2000). "The chronology and context of Pictish relief sculpture" (PDF). Medieval Archaeology. 34: 81–114. doi:10.1179/med.2000.44.1.81. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2011.
• Mitchel, A. (1792). The Statistical Account of Scotland, Parish of Aberlemno, County of Forfar. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
• Nennius. "Historia Brittonum". Archived from the original on 27 July 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2009.

External links

• Aberlemno Stones: I, II, III, V
• Aberlemno Sculptured Stones Archived 31 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine