Pictish stones scotland

Pictish stones are monumental stelae found in Scotland, mostly north of the Clyde-Forth line. The ancestors of modern Scottish people left behind mysterious, carved stones that new research has just determined contain the written language of the Picts, an Iron Age society that existed in Scotland from 300 to 843.

Inchbrayock Stone a Pictish picture stone in Scotland

Aberlemnno Stone 2 - photo by i was carried to ohio on a swarm of bees, via Flickr; Aberlemno is a parish in Angus, Scotland, that is famous for three large carved Pictish stones (and one fragment) dating from 700-800 AD. The Picts lived in eastern and northern Scotland during the Late Iron Age and Early Medieval periods. One side of stone 2 has a battle scene, the other has a Celtic cross. The stone is 7.5' tall, 4.3' wide at the base tapering to 3' wide at the top, and is 7.9" thick.

Between Brechin and Forfar in the north east of Scotland is the small village of Aberlemno. Once on the main road through the area, the village is now quiet but is the setting for some remarkable Pictish sculptured stones. Parking is available at the village hall, adjacent to three of the stones which stand at the roadside. One is an unshaped and highly eroded sandstone boulder which bears faint traces of a curving symbol. Nearby is a much more imposing stone. The cross slab known as…

The Picts were a people of northern Scotland who are defined as a "confederation of tribal units whose political motivations derived from a need to ally against common enemies" (McHardy, 176). They...

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PICTISH SYMBOLS, PLACENAMES & PERSONAL Names The name Pict first appears in writings by Eumenius in AD297. Picti was used by Romans to describe the 'painted' people living north of the Antonine...

Visit Aberlemno I Pictish Stone Scotland. This is a Class I standing stone with three deeply incised Pictish symbols on one face: the serpe...