Pictish Stone At Aberlemno

The stone depicts of the Battle of Nechtansmere (685), a few miles south of Aberlemno (Obar Leamhnach) near the modern village of Dunnichen by Angus. The helmets, with the distinctive noseguards, are identical to the 8th century Anglian helmet discovered at the Coppergate excavation in York. The cross-slab undoubtedly illustrates the decisive defeat of the Northumbrian Angles.