The research team said similarities between the stone and two others found at Rhynie in Aberdeenshire ... said increased public awareness of Scotland's Pictish past had created new opportunities ...

Archaeologists in Scotland shed “genuine tears” upon discovering a stone covered with geometric carvings that the Picts, the ...

Archaeologists have been uncovering ornately decorated Pictish stones across northern Scotland for many years. For many, the sculptures' mysterious carvings of animals and symbols are impressive ...

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 ...

It’s believed the stone dates from around the period of the Battle of Dun Nechtain in 685, when the Picts expelled the invading Northumbrians from the south and paved the way for the creation of Alba ...