Fordoun Stone
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{{Infobox artifact
| name = The Fordoun Stone
| image = Pictish.stone.Fordoun.jpg
| image2 =
| image_caption = The Fordoun Stone
| material = Old Red Sandstone
| size = {{convert|1.07|m|ft}}
| writing = Ogham script:
VUN-MSETTORBBRE
Roman script:
Pidarnoin
| created =
| discovered = 18th Century CE
| location = Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire
| classification = Class II cross slab
| symbols = {{Plainlist|
- Celtic cross
- Hunting scene
- Double disc and z-rod
}}
| civilization = Picto-Scottish
}}
The Fordoun Stone is a class II Pictish cross slab in Fordoun parish church, Auchenblae, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Description
A slab of Old Red Sandstone, the cross slab was discovered in the late 18th century, having been reused as paving in Fordoun Parish Church.{{cite book
| title = The Pictish Symbol Stones of Scotland
| publisher = Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland
| last = Fraser
| first = Iain
| pages = 62–63
| location = Edinburgh
| year = 2008}}
The slab, now standing in the church bears a celtic cross with interlaced knotwork, a hunting scene and a double disc and z-rod design.{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=36458 |num2=NO77NW 3.2 |desc=Auchenblae, Fordoun Parish Church, Fordoun Stone |access-date=25 June 2025}} It also bears inscriptions, Ogham script along the edges of the stone, VUN-MSETTORBBRE as well as an inscription in roman script, Pidarnoin, on the face of the slab.