{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{coord|56.8962|-2.4512|type:edu|display=title}} {{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:<br />VUN-MSETTORBBRE<br />Roman script:<br />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.<ref name=Fraser>{{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}}</ref>
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.<ref name="can">{{Historic Environment Scotland|cat=PLA |num=36458 |num2=NO77NW 3.2 |desc=Auchenblae, Fordoun Parish Church, Fordoun Stone |access-date=25 June 2025}}</ref> 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.<ref name="can"/>
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{{Pictish stones}}
Category:Pictish stones in Aberdeenshire