Rare 1,200-year-old Pictish stone discovered The beasts were carved down the side of a cross. John Borland, of Historic Environment Scotland and president of the Pictish Arts Society, said ...

UHI Archaeology Institute Pictish stones continue to be discovered ... Inverness' Knocknagael Boar Stone was carved more than 1,400 years ago. It has been in the care of Highland Council for ...

Clues into the disappearance of the ancient Picts lie in the tiny Scottish village of Aberlemno: 1,700-year-old Pictish stones, marked with some very unusual carvings. Explore Subscribe ...

The team unexpectedly found the 5.5-foot-long (1.7 meters) carved stone while doing a geophysical survey in Aberlemno, a ...

Large stones, carved by Pictish craftsmen with symbols and scenes ... and of the possessions they wished to display. The Strathmartine Stone is an example of the earliest type of symbol stone ...

From the carved, standing stones still found in the ... All the animals depicted on the Pictish stones are lifelike and easily recognizable—all but one. The exception is a strange beast with ...

Excavation work near Doune on a Pictish stone of potential “international significance” is to feature in a BBC TV show early in the new year. The Old Kilmadock and its Pictish stone will soon ...

Stone tools made from chipped quartz were ... Experts identified the artefact as a spearbutt partly from depictions on Pictish carved stones, including the one at Collessie just a few miles ...