NH 984 576
Pictish Cross-Slab: Ogam-Inscribed
A Class II upright cross-slab of grey sandstone – this was found in 1781 during excavations for foundations for Dyke Church which was constructed behind its pre-Reformation predecessor.
The stone was erected in Dyke village in commemoration of Rodney’ss victory over the Count de Grasse (Battle of the Saints – 1782) from which it received the name”Rodney”s Cross.”
It was removed to the Park of Brodie a few years before 1842.
The stone now erected on a modern base and held upright by wrought iron struts, is rectangular in shape, 6”4″ high by 3”5″ wide at the bottom and 3”2″ wide at the top. It is sculptured in relief, with Ogham inscriptions down each of the four angles.
The front bears a cross with interlacing, and the back bears symbols including fish monsters, the elephant, double disc and z-rod