The Pictish wolf stone was found in 1890 in a field dyke ... on stones and metalwork and later in manuscripts. Some of the symbols they used depict known things, while others are more mysterious ...

By 681 AD Ecgfrith had founded a bishopric at Abercorn on the southern shore of the Forth - a symbol of Northumbria's secure grip over the Picts. The defeated Picts took Bridei, son of Bili ...