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a stone carving in the shape of a face on top of a rock with green grass
Celtic Tombstone
Irish Headstones
Shaman Symbols
Celtic Heritage
Irish Culture
Cemetery Art
Ancient Celtic Tombstone stock photo. Image of stone, buried - 1627182
Ancient Celtic Tombstone #ruins #cemetery #archaeology
a large rock with carvings on it in the middle of some grass and trees behind it
House Symbol
Celtic Jewellery
Aberdeenshire Scotland
Cell Division
Newton House symbol stone 1 (the Newton stone)
The Newton Stone, an ancient pillar stone, found in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The stone contains two inscriptions, one identified as Ogham, but the second script has never been positively identified.
a stone with an elephant and baby on it's side, in the shape of a rock
Nordic People
Ancient Carvings
Lost Civilizations
Art Handouts
Roman Britain
Scottish Culture
Human Evolution
Image gallery: The Burghead Bull
The Burghead Bull; a Pictish symbol stone. (British Museum)
a large stone with an intricate design on it's face and legs, sitting in the middle of a field
Ancient Stone
Large Stone
Anglo Saxon
The Picts
It is sculptured in relief, with Ogham inscriptions down each of the four angles. The front bears a celtic cross with interlacing, and the back bears symbols including fish monsters, the elephant or dolphin, double disc and z-rod.
an old stone monument with writing on it
Equestrian Statue
Ancient Statues
Medieval Period
Ancient Mysteries
Dunfallandy | Canmore
Dunfallandy, Pictish cross-slab (RCAHMS)
a rock with an image of a bird on it's face and eyes carved into the stone
Celtic Swirls
Art History Timeline
Water Horse
Dundee Scotland
Red Sandstone
Celtic Dragon
Archaeological Discoveries
Strathmartine 1
Strathmartine 1 Pictish stone - photo by KM101011, via Flickr; A 'Class I Pictish Symbol Stone' that was formerly built into a wall at the south-east of Strathmartine Castle, and now located in McManus Galleries, Dundee, Scotland. The stone has two symbols; a 'crescent & V-rod' and below a Kelpie (alternatively Water Horse/Pictish Beast). The stone is red sandstone, and stands almost 4.5 feet high.
a large rock sitting on top of a gravel road
Iron Age
Ancient Aliens
Kintore 1 [Back]
Kintore 1 (back) Pictish stone - photo by KM101011, via Flickr; A 'Class I Pictish Symbol Stone' in Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
a stone sculpture on display in a museum
Dragon Stone
Stone Sculpture
Celtic Designs
Pictish Stones
The Dragon Stone, Portmahomack, Ross-shire - featured in The Dragon's Dove Chronicles by Kim Headlee
an old book with carvings on it
Carved Stone
Ancient Civilizations
Heartland
Thyme2dream
The magnificent Pictish cross-slab from Hilton of Cadboll in Easter Ross, carved between 700 & 800 AD...help the Glenmorangie project piece together the broken base of this amazing stone...