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 ...

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

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 ...

Archaeologists on the Orkney island of Rousay have uncovered the preserved handprint of a Pictish metalsmith. They found the print on a stone anvil excavated from a substantial Iron Age settlement.

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 ...

Excavation work on a Pictish stone of potential ‘international significance’, discovered buried in a cemetery near Doune, will begin within the next fortnight. People across the Stirling area ...