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Pictish stone

A Pictish stone is a type of monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs. A few have ogham inscriptions. Located in Scotland, mostly north of the Clyde-Forth line and on the Eastern side of the country, these stones are the most visible remaining evidence of the Picts and are thought to date from the 6th to 9th century, a period…

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related to Class II · 46
Pictish stone → Aberdeenshire, Aberlemno, Angus, At St Vigeans, Auchenblae, Boxed, Cadboll Stone, Clach, Class II, Drosten Stone, Dunfallandy Stone, Eassie, Eassie Stone, Edinburgh, Fordoun, Fordoun Stone, Forfar, Groam House Museum, Hiberno-Saxon, Hilton
related to Collections · 34
Pictish stone → Arbroath, Arbroath Abbey, BrechinSt Vigeans Museum, Class, Class II, Collection, Drosten Stone, Dukes, Dundee, Dunrobin Castle Museum, EdinburghMontrose MuseumPerth Museum, Elgin, Elgin Museum, ForfarMeigle Sculptured Stone Museum, ForfarMuseum, Gellyburn, Golspie, High St, Historic Scotland, II Pictish
related to External links · 32
Pictish stone → Ancient, Ancient Scotland Discovered Archived, Another, Archaeology Unit, AtlasObscura, Brief, Discovery, GolspieThe Royal Commission, Historic ScotlandThe Highland Council, Historical Monuments, Inverness, Iron Age, May, New Written Language, News, November, PDF-format, Pictish Stones, Pictish Stones Search Facility, Pictish Trail
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Pictish stone → Allen, Anderson, Christian, Class, Class II, Class III, Critics, Historic Scotland, II, In, In The Early Christian, Joseph Anderson, Monuments, Nowadays, Pictish, Romilly Allen, Scotland, The, There, They
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Pictish stone → Another Pictish, Congash Stones, Dunachton Lodge, Dunachton Stone, Grantown-on-Spey, Kincraig, Pictish, Recently, Some, The, This
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Pictish stone → type of monumental stele

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Pictish stoneis atype of monumental stele0.90text
high crossesinstance ofbut the later forms are variations within a wider Insular tradition of monumental stones0.80text
gravestonesinstance ofare essentially speculative.Many later Christian stones from Class II and Class III fall more easily into recognisable categories0.80text
Pictish stonerelated to Class IIAberlemno0.60section
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Pictish stonerelated to Class IIAngus0.60section
Pictish stonerelated to Class IIBoxed0.60section
Pictish stonerelated to Class IIDrosten Stone0.60section
Pictish stonerelated to Class IIRare0.60section
Pictish stonerelated to Class IIPictish0.60section
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Pictish stonerelated to Class IIAt St Vigeans0.60section

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