Campus trail: Pictish symbol stones at Aberdeen University www.abdn.ac.uk/events/25473/
CAMPUS TRAIL: Pictish Symbol Stones at the University
From now until the end of the year, visitors to the University Campus can follow a trail to see eight Pictish Symbol Stones from the Collections. Pick up a leaflet from the Library, Zoology Museum and...
www.abdn.ac.uk
November 3, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Campus trail: Pictish symbol stones at Aberdeen University www.abdn.ac.uk/events/25473/
All lonely in the landscape and alive with distant cultures. A linocut for #StandingStoneSunday - the Craw Stane, Rhynie, Scotland with its Pictish symbols still asserting themselves over the centuries. Another favourite of mine from a few years back; some still available from Mythical Britain.
November 1, 2026 at 8:02 AM
All lonely in the landscape and alive with distant cultures. A linocut for #StandingStoneSunday - the Craw Stane, Rhynie, Scotland with its Pictish symbols still asserting themselves over the centuries. Another favourite of mine from a few years back; some still available from Mythical Britain.
Vanoras grave #Meigle churchyard and the Pictish stone thought to depict her death by wild animals #TombTuesday
November 3, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Vanoras grave #Meigle churchyard and the Pictish stone thought to depict her death by wild animals #TombTuesday
Me every time my kid tried to explain "Pictish vampire goddess" to someone tonight
October 31, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Me every time my kid tried to explain "Pictish vampire goddess" to someone tonight
Dunnicaer Fort, Aberdeenshire (Scotland) 'Educo_gratis'
image & reconstruction mock-up. A Pictish Fort. #DunnicaerFort #HistoryRebuilt
image & reconstruction mock-up. A Pictish Fort. #DunnicaerFort #HistoryRebuilt
October 31, 2026 at 7:16 AM
Dunnicaer Fort, Aberdeenshire (Scotland) 'Educo_gratis'
image & reconstruction mock-up. A Pictish Fort. #DunnicaerFort #HistoryRebuilt
image & reconstruction mock-up. A Pictish Fort. #DunnicaerFort #HistoryRebuilt
It may be finished. Still considering.
November 2, 2026 at 10:49 AM
It may be finished. Still considering.
Did the Pictish place-name element 'carden' actually mean an elite hunting reserve? I'll be arguing that it did at this weekend's Scottish Place-Name Society conference - online and free to attend: spns.org.uk/autumn_2026 #MedievalSky #EarlyMedieval
November 2, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Did the Pictish place-name element 'carden' actually mean an elite hunting reserve? I'll be arguing that it did at this weekend's Scottish Place-Name Society conference - online and free to attend: spns.org.uk/autumn_2026 #MedievalSky #EarlyMedieval
They sailed away for a year and a day...
November 1, 2026 at 7:58 PM
They sailed away for a year and a day...
Rob Roy’s grave reveals possible 1000-year-old medieval cross www.thenational.scot/news/2669851...
‘Nationally important’ discovery made about Rob Roy’s ancient gravestone
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered that Rob Roy MacGregor’s gravestone is an ancient Pictish cross which may have stood in the area 1000 years before his death ...
www.thenational.scot
November 5, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Rob Roy’s grave reveals possible 1000-year-old medieval cross www.thenational.scot/news/2669851...
Good to see the University of Aberdeen promoting its collection of Pictish sculpture (not all of them symbol stones). The cross-slab fragment from Cairn o' Mount is very much on my radar atm for its proximity to Kincardine, a later-medieval hunting park - and maybe an early med hunting ground too.
Campus trail: Pictish symbol stones at Aberdeen University www.abdn.ac.uk/events/25473/
CAMPUS TRAIL: Pictish Symbol Stones at the University
From now until the end of the year, visitors to the University Campus can follow a trail to see eight Pictish Symbol Stones from the Collections. Pick up a leaflet from the Library, Zoology Museum and...
www.abdn.ac.uk
November 3, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Good to see the University of Aberdeen promoting its collection of Pictish sculpture (not all of them symbol stones). The cross-slab fragment from Cairn o' Mount is very much on my radar atm for its proximity to Kincardine, a later-medieval hunting park - and maybe an early med hunting ground too.
Pictish Nigg cross slab standing Stone, Easter Ross (Scotland) mock-up Gif. #NiggStone
October 31, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Pictish Nigg cross slab standing Stone, Easter Ross (Scotland) mock-up Gif. #NiggStone
I've done this too, not just as a kid though. 😁 I have a whole Pictish Harvest Moon world worked out in a document somewhere.
November 2, 2026 at 12:55 PM
I've done this too, not just as a kid though. 😁 I have a whole Pictish Harvest Moon world worked out in a document somewhere.
Is there something about the blood of the Pictish people that makes it good for drinking
November 1, 2026 at 5:38 PM
Is there something about the blood of the Pictish people that makes it good for drinking
The Aberlemno Serpent Stone, Angus (Scotland) mock-up. A Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing the serpent, the double disc Z-rod, with the mirror and comb. #AberlemnoSerpentStone
October 31, 2026 at 7:16 AM
The Aberlemno Serpent Stone, Angus (Scotland) mock-up. A Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing the serpent, the double disc Z-rod, with the mirror and comb. #AberlemnoSerpentStone
Rob Roy’s grave revealed as possible 1000-year-old medieval cross
www.thenational.scot/news/2669851...
www.thenational.scot/news/2669851...
‘Nationally important’ discovery made about Rob Roy’s ancient gravestone
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have discovered that Rob Roy MacGregor’s gravestone is an ancient Pictish cross which may have stood in the area 1000 years before his death ...
www.thenational.scot
November 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Rob Roy’s grave revealed as possible 1000-year-old medieval cross
www.thenational.scot/news/2669851...
www.thenational.scot/news/2669851...
Oct 30: Feast of Talorcan, Pictish holy man whose main cult seems to have been at Fordyce, Aberdeenshire. It is possible the Tolarggan Maphan (†726), mentioned in the Annals of Ulster, relates to him. 📸Christopher Gillan
October 30, 2026 at 7:36 AM
Oct 30: Feast of Talorcan, Pictish holy man whose main cult seems to have been at Fordyce, Aberdeenshire. It is possible the Tolarggan Maphan (†726), mentioned in the Annals of Ulster, relates to him. 📸Christopher Gillan
A 3D imagining project at MacGregor’s grave at Balquhidder Old Kirk has found the cross may have been standing in the area 1,000 years before his death
Rob Roy gravestone revealed as ancient Pictish cross
www.thetimes.com
October 31, 2026 at 7:04 PM
A 3D imagining project at MacGregor’s grave at Balquhidder Old Kirk has found the cross may have been standing in the area 1,000 years before his death
The deep lore that rheya is actually not a dog but a pictish beast/the set animal
October 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM
The deep lore that rheya is actually not a dog but a pictish beast/the set animal
Sorry Eyes (OnTheFly Remix)
YouTube video by Pictish Trail - Topic
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November 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
i wish i was a pictish beast
October 29, 2026 at 9:28 AM
i wish i was a pictish beast
Another one (last one for now, don't want to spoil the book)
I wanted to strand Fair Isle between the tempestuous Atlantic and occasionally calmer North Sea, highlighting sites mentioned in the (short) chapter in which this map will feature
ft. pictish sea eagle + ancient greek octopus (why not?)
I wanted to strand Fair Isle between the tempestuous Atlantic and occasionally calmer North Sea, highlighting sites mentioned in the (short) chapter in which this map will feature
ft. pictish sea eagle + ancient greek octopus (why not?)
November 1, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Another one (last one for now, don't want to spoil the book)
I wanted to strand Fair Isle between the tempestuous Atlantic and occasionally calmer North Sea, highlighting sites mentioned in the (short) chapter in which this map will feature
ft. pictish sea eagle + ancient greek octopus (why not?)
I wanted to strand Fair Isle between the tempestuous Atlantic and occasionally calmer North Sea, highlighting sites mentioned in the (short) chapter in which this map will feature
ft. pictish sea eagle + ancient greek octopus (why not?)
Angharad and the Pictish royal family
October 27, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Angharad and the Pictish royal family
Source: The Times
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Rob Roy gravestone revealed as ancient Pictish cross
A 3D imagining project at MacGregor’s grave at Balquhidder Old Kirk has found the cross may have been standing in the area 1,000 years before his death
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October 31, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Source: The Times
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