The Picts were an ancient celtic tribe or confederation of tribes who inhabited Scotland. Their name was given to them by the Romans and refers to the woad paint which they used to cover themselves in before battle

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The Rosemarkie stone is an 8th century Class II Pictish stone (Cross Slab), probably associated with the Pictish monastery at the Rosemarkie, Easter Ross. It is currently located in the Groam House…

Reverse side of Camus's Cross in Angus, Scotland, showing Christ, angels and saints. Photographer: RCAHMS Format: Digital photograph RCAHMS image reference: DP 008506 Copyright: RCAHMS See more images of Camus's Cross: canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/34552/details/camus+s+cross/

The Picts, the most powerful nation in northern Britain for some 500 years, mysteriously disappeared from contemporary records in the ninth century. All that remains of the language they spoke are a few fragments in the names of places or people. Their most enduring memorial is a unique system of symbols carved on stone monuments, […]

In secluded fields, on the walls of churches, and beneath construction sites, stones have been found with intricate markings that rise from the lower left up to the center and then down to the lower right. This is the ancient Celtic Tree Alphabet known as Ogham (pronounced owam).

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The Celtic Picts of Scotland were the original inhabitants of the area, as modern genetic research has confirmed.

Clans of the Scottish Highlands. Illustrated by appropriate figures, displaying their dress, arms, tartans, armorial insignia.

Published in Folklore (Vol. 43, No. 2, 1932)