# The Serpent Stone (Aberlemno 1)

> An undressed slab incised with a serpent, a double disc and Z-rod, and a mirror and comb: the textbook Class I stone, and a reference for the symbol…

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**ART** 0CQHARKM01XH·Artifact · object

# The Serpent Stone (Aberlemno 1)

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.0Class I symbol stone; not directly dated

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An undressed slab incised with a serpent, a double disc and Z-rod, and a mirror and comb: the textbook Class I stone, and a reference for the symbol pairs the statistical studies count.

JThomas. CC BY-SA 2.0

## Copies 3

**Picture** JThomas · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Serpent_Stone,_Aberlemno_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6870499.jpg)

**Photo** JThomas (geograph.org.uk) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2021-06-11 · CC BY-SA 2.01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Serpent_Stone,_Aberlemno_-_geograph.org.uk_-_6870499.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/673829ac92e299e769a9601dc475524f93dd1a806c2c688c9986b6cd34782390)

**Document** Historic Environment Scotland (Canmore) · trove.scot · Open Government LicencePrimary source: [Canmore: National Record of the Historic Environment (point data)](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHA9YW03PJ/canmore-national-record-of-the-historic-environment-point)2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://www.trove.scot/place/34860)

## Where it is kept

[Aberlemno, Angus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQHABDR4RPX/aberlemno-angus) · Village with symbol stones

## Sources 1

- [The Early Christian Monuments of Scotland](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0CQHA9F832Z5/the-early-christian-monuments-of-scotland)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Serpent Stone (Aberlemno 1) [Artifact ART0CQHARKM01XH]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CQHARKM01XH
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Key

**ART** 0CQHARKM01XH

Kind

Object

Held by

In situ, by the road at Aberlemno (Historic Environment Scotland)

Dated

Class I symbol stone; not directly dated

Licence

CC BY-SA 2.0

Place

[Aberlemno, Angus](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0CQHABDR4RPX/aberlemno-angus)

Part of

[Pictish symbol stones](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/pictish-symbols)

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