Not much to look at

But the horizontal stone is of national significance - known as the Radulfus stone this coffin slab was unearthed in St Drostan's Kirkyard Insch, where it is now preserved, in the late 19th century.

Just discernable on the top left of the stone is an inscription in Irish script which reads' Orate Pro anima radulfi sacradotis'. This translates as 'Pray for the soul of Radulf the priest'. Below the inscription is a Maltese cross.It is probably the gravestone of Radulf, a chaplain of the Bishop of Aberdeen for 8 years before becoming Bishop himself for 8 years before his death in 1247. He is recorded as having witnessed a grant of land in Rayne to the convent of Melrose in the late 12th century. If this is indeed Radulf's graveslab it makes it one of the oldest lettered stones in Scotland.

The slab is guarded by the very worn effigy of a knight from a 15th century graveslab.