The building of a power centre for Pictish elites has been dated with ... funding was awarded from the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The site was earlier excavated in the 1980s with large ...

Scotland, when the Romans came ... Hunting animal scene on carved Celtic Pictish stone, Shandwick, Easter Ross. When they weren’t fighting the Romans – or each other – the Scottish tribes ...

with engravings of animals in the Pictish tradition and what appear to be examples of Ogham script, a form of Irish writing that’s rarely found in Scotland. “The stone is very, very delicate ...

Anne MacInnes of North of Scotland Archaeological Society ... John Borland/NOSAS The stone is decorated with Pictish carvings and markings from when it was later used as a grave marker Ian MacLeod ...

When the Romans first came to northern Scotland in the first century ... All the animals depicted on the Pictish stones are lifelike and easily recognizable—all but one. The exception is a ...

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.

It features ancient Pictish stones and the Cateran Trail ... With over 11,000 miles of coastline including its islands, Scotland has some of the UK’s best beaches, with Camusdarach Beach ...