The level of the River Don in Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland has dropped significantly after the extended spell of warm weather which “exposed the ancient relic,” – a Pictish symbol stone, according to a report in The Scotsman.
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Oor ain culture Culture is one of the main things that define a country. It makes one place on a map more than simply in a different location to another place on a map. Scotland is no exception to this. From our tartans and traditions, to our writing, music, languages and so much more, the culture that has come to define Scotland has become known around the world. Cringe no more In the centuries since the birth of the union in 1707, Scots have been gradually all been taught to dislike, dismiss, or even flat out deny our culture. Known as the Scottish Cringe, this in-built censor manifests in all sorts of ways, often near words like 'twee' and 'parochial'. Bringing a focus and sense of worth to Scottish culture is one of the main aims of Indy Prints. About this piece Pictish art is found throughout northeast Scotland. A people who left no written records, the Picts instead left their marks in stone. This is a reinterpretation of a double disc and z-rod symbol, that is found on many of their monuments. The artwork Whilst the original makers of Celtic and Pictish art forms would have been limited to using colours made from natural dyes, I had no such restriction and was able to indulge my passion for colour! Each of my Celtic and Pictish panels is available in three colourways that can combine to produce some very eye-catching results. Product details Made in Scotland Digitally printed 60x95mm extra strong 1.5mm thick magnet laminated to give a glossy durable finish
Archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen claim the Moray Firth region in the Northern Highlands was the most powerful area for the Picts - and they are hoping the public will help them confirm their theory.
The Picts were an ancient race of people who from at least the 1st century AD dominated the northern territories of what is known today as Scotland.
Reconstructions of British people, ranging from a Neolithic dweller, a Pictish murder victim, to an English king and a Scottish ‘witch’.
Did an ancient people paint their ornately carved standing stones in vivid colours?
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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, […]
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by Roland Spencer-Jones (NOSAS) These notes are in preparation for NOSAS field trips to two recognised Pictish cemeteries in the Highland region – Garbeg near Drumnadrochit on Saturday 1st November…
Answer (1 of 2): My wife and I honeymooned on Shetland and Orkney, and one fine day we went to the Brough of Birsay—an island off the northwest corner of Orkney mainland, accessible on foot from the mainland but only at low tide. The Brough of Birsay has the remains of several Viking-era houses, ...
A 1,400-year-old murder victim from Scotland now has a digitally reconstructed face.
The Skeith Stone, between Kilrenny and Cellardyke. With Pictish carving, it probably dates from about the 7th century. The carving is fairly faint but easily visible when sunlit from the side (south-west-ish). Skeith has been adopted as the name for the new health centre about 500 metres away. Submitted for Scotland's whereaboots: www.flickr.com/groups/scots/discuss/72157600719482590/pag...
The Picts were a people of northern Scotland who are defined as a "confederation of tribal units whose political motivations derived from a need to ally against common enemies" (McHardy, 176). They...
The Maiden Stone is a Pictish standing stone in Scotland dating to around the 9th Century AD. It is sometimes also called the Drumdurno Stone after the farm it is close to. Carved from red granite and...
Pottery from Africa found in a burnt-out fortress in Galloway hints at a 'lost' Dark Ages kingdom that may even have been born of an alliance between Britons and Picts.
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, […]
Answer (1 of 2): My wife and I honeymooned on Shetland and Orkney, and one fine day we went to the Brough of Birsay—an island off the northwest corner of Orkney mainland, accessible on foot from the mainland but only at low tide. The Brough of Birsay has the remains of several Viking-era houses, ...
The face of a Pictish man who was "brutally killed" 1,400 years ago is reconstructed by Dundee University researchers.
The Picts were an ancient race of people who from at least the 1st century AD dominated the northern territories of what is known today as Scotland.
The Picts were an ancient race of people that inhabited the northern territories of what is known today as Scotland. Recorded as uncultured savages in defamatory Roman accounts, new findings suggest the Picts had developed written language as far back as 1,700 years ago.
