#pictish — Public Fediverse posts

The Brandsbutt symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, which comes complete with Pictish symbols and an inscription in Ogham, a script sometimes referred to as the "Celtic Tree Alphabet". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/brandsbuttstone/index.html

#Scotland #Inverurie #Aberdeenshire #Pictish #Ogham

I really love these vintage Justin pewter pins inspired by Pictish stone carvings. I offer them in the shop whenever I can find them. We scour the islands and beyond for lovely vintage finds. Actually before I made jewellery by hand, I specialised in sourcing and valuing vintage pieces! You can find some great vintage in our shop right now along side pieces I've designed and made by hand. #vintage #celtic #Pictish #brooch

Changeable weather at Broomend of Crichie complex near Inverurie for today's #StandingStoneSunday

A Neolithic henge (a circular earthwork with an external ditch) contains the remains of a stone circle. Two stones remain, the third is a carved Pictish symbol stone that was moved into the site later. There is also an avenue and various outlying stones.

Visited April 2012.

#Aberdeenshire #StandingStones #Pictish #Neolithic

The Brandsbutt symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, which comes complete with Pictish symbols and an inscription in Ogham, a script sometimes referred to as the "Celtic Tree Alphabet". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/brandsbuttstone/index.html

#Scotland #Inverurie #Aberdeenshire #Pictish #Ogham

The original, non-glitched version will be available this week as well if it's of interest 🤓. I'm also working on making my dataset available to the public (it's currently handwritten in my notebooks). #dataVisualization #archaeology #symbols #Pictish

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rrmt7f5eexmmrz2yoepqxrl3/post/3lh2qfyglfc2l

The intricately carved 21ft high Sueno's Stone, standing on the edge of Forres in Moray, is the largest and most spectacular of the many carved stones that have survived from the early medieval period in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forres/suenosstone/index.html

#Scotland #SuenosStone #Forres #Moray #CarvedStone #Pictish #UndiscoveredScotland

https://www.cyclingeu.com/410996/bikepacking-the-pictish-trail-adventure-through-the-scottish-pictish-kingdoms/ BIKEPACKING – THE PICTISH TRAIL – ADVENTURE THROUGH THE SCOTTISH PICTISH KINGDOMS #alpkit #Bicycling #Bikepacking #BikepackingThePicktishTrail #Biking #BombtrackBike #Cycling #CyclingUnitedKingdom #GravelBikepacking #GravelCycling #KeepSmilingAdventures #MTB #PICTISH #PictishTrail #ScotlandPictish #SoloAdventures #SonderCaminoTitanium #UK #ukcycling #UnitedKingdom #WildCamping

Tarbat Old Church, Portmahomack, Easter Ross for #SilentSunday This is an ancient religious site with archaeological discoveries going back to pre-pictish times. #Churches #Pictish #Religion

In 1958, a Shetland schoolboy discovered an amazing hoard of Pictish silver items on St Ninian's Island!

Scotland's Stories @StoryScotland #Picts #Pictish #Scotland #Shetland #hoard

The weather forecast for the weekend looks great, and the #LevenmouthRailway is opening!
Why not come visit us, or book a tour?
We've had some website troubles lately, but here's the direct booking link:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/savewemyssancientcavessociety

Our website should be up again shortly, if you prefer to book via the widget there:
https://wemysscaves.org/visitor-centre-and-museum/

#Fife #FifeCoastalPath #LocalHistory #Pictish #Cave #Graffiti

The Brandsbutt symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, which comes complete with Pictish symbols and an inscription in Ogham, a script sometimes referred to as the "Celtic Tree Alphabet". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/brandsbuttstone/index.html

#Scotland #Inverurie #Aberdeenshire #Brandsbutt #SymbolStone #Pictish #Ogham #UndiscoveredScotland

We have had our annual monitoring day today, where we log and photograph the conditions of all of the assets in our care at the Wemyss coast.
Caves, paths (not the Fife Coastal Path) and carvings.
And the weather was mostly wonderful, although the most recent storms have made the paths pretty tricky to navigate in places.
Looking forward to welcome visitors back for tours from the 7th April!

#LocalHeritage #Fife #caves #Pictish #FifeCoastalPath #rockart

#Celtic #TempleThursday: The #Pictish #druid #Drostan recommended pouring the milk of 3x50 white cows without horns (`bo mael fin`) into a hole in the middle of the battlefield to cure the soldiers from the poisoned arrows of the British.
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden`

News from the Wemyss Caves. We found a new burial.

https://wemysscaves.org/news/new-burials-found-at-the-caves/

#Archaeology #WemyssCaves #LocalHistory #Fife #FifeCoastalPath #Burial #Pictish

The Cravahnkin inhabit the great forests that swathe across the land. The lorespinners tell tales of how they were once human; the wyrdweavers posit that they still are...

#pictish #ttrpg #lore

The Calling of the Kelpie

#scottish #pictish #ttrpg #midjourney #folklore

The intricately carved 21ft high Sueno's Stone, standing on the edge of Forres in Moray, is the largest and most spectacular of the many carved stones that have survived from the early medieval period in Scotland. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/forres/suenosstone/index.html

#Scotland #SuenosStone #Forres #Moray #CarvedStone #Pictish #UndiscoveredScotland

#Celtic #FolkloreThursday: #Drostan was a #Pictish #druid. He recommended pouring the milk of 3x50 white cows without horns (`bo mael fin`) into a hole in the middle of the battlefield to cure the soldiers from the poisoned arrows of the British.
Source: Guyonvarc'h/Le Roux `Die #Druiden`

Great tour day. Interested (and interesting!) visitors, the weather held up, and the dog behaved.
A whole bunch of them came back to the visitor centre and we spent another wee while chatting.

Our tours are free of charge, you can book your spaces via Eventbrite. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wemyss-caves-pictish-carvings-full-guided-tour-and-museum-tickets-547711167847?aff=erelexpmlt

#LocalHistory #FifeCoastalPath #History #Picts #Pictish #Fife #Scotland #caves

Tried my hand at embroidery for the first time, to provide a Pictish symbol for an early medieval costume I'm making. It isn't perfect but it looks the part I think. #embroidery #Pictish #Picts #Scotland #EarlyMedieval

It's tour day on the Wemyss foreshore!
Our tours are fully booked for today, but if you come to our visitor centre on The Haugh in East Wemyss you can visit our wee museum on the caves and other local history.
If we do have anyone who doesn't turn up for the booked tour, we will do our best to accommodate you. But we can't promise. 😔

#Pictish #Picts #LocalHeritage #Fife #archaeology #FifeCoastalPath #scotland #LocalHistory #medieval #museum #volunteer

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A thread on the amazing #Pictish Stones at the Inverness Museum

Beginning with the Wolf Stone, found in 1903 built into an old wall in Sittenham

#StandingStoneSunday #IronAge #Scotland

Modern-day Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish people found to have #Pictish ancestry

“The #Picts of #Scotland who have long intrigued and have been ascribed exotic origins in fact descended from indigenous Iron Age society and were genetically most similar to people living today in Scotland, Wales, North Ireland and Northumbria.”

https://phys.org/news/2023-04-modern-day-scottish-welsh-northern-irish.html

Jarlshof from Above

Jarlshof is an #archaeological site located on the southern tip of the #Shetland Islands, #Scotland. The site contains the remains of more than 4,000 years of human settlement, from the Late #Neolithic period to the Bronze Age, Iron Age, #Pictish period, #Viking Age, and Medieval times.

https://www.ganjing.com/video/1fob2voslj43MhLyJKzhUVRwe1tb1c?fbclid=IwAR3cniCtfz3WXZU2-dmczehoPTRUJ1LkyLfLqRnT09txvfvCvOuvfFR8Szo

A wee reminder that we're open for our regular tours as of this Sunday, and all the way through to the end of September!
Book your free spaces here:
https://wemysscaves.org/visitor-centre-and-museum/

We're all booked up this Sunday, but there's plenty more dates.

We are a community based charity and all our donations go into preserving this unique heritage site for the future. Help us by spreading the word!

#Pictish #Picts #LocalHeritage #Fife #archaeology #FifeCoastalPath #scotland

We are now selling original paintings of Pictish art by Fergus in our visitor centre and on our website.
https://wemysscaves.org/product-category/paintings/

Come see them for yourself at the Terras Hall in East Wemyss this Sunday, when we re-open for our summer tours.
We are fully booked, but feel free to look around the museum and chat with our volunteers.
And of course have a look at Fergus' gorgeous art!

#Heritage #LocalHeritage #Art #Pictish #Picts #Scotland #Fife #Caves

The Brandsbutt symbol stone in Inverurie, Aberdeenshire, which comes complete with Pictish symbols and an inscription in Ogham, a script sometimes referred to as the "Celtic Tree Alphabet". More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/inverurie/brandsbuttstone/index.html

#Scotland #Inverurie #Aberdeenshire #Brandsbutt #SymbolStone #Pictish #Ogham #UndiscoveredScotland

During yesterday's road trip I ended up doing some #Pictish stone captures en route including the seriously odd Class II cross slab at Migvie. The cross and three symbols are now clear as is the possibly reworked horseman on the back.#StandingStoneSunday #earlymediaeval

My #art #paint #pict #pictish #picture #canvas #creativity #artist #arttherapy

From my paper in "Able Minds and Practised Hands", this is a #3d #laserscan from 2002 of St. Orland's Stone, a #Pictish #earlymediaeval cross slab. How to make carvings clearer by stopping the sun's ability to cast shadows! 😃

From my paper in "Able Minds and Practised Hands", this is a #3d #laserscan from 2002 of St. Orland's Stone, a #Pictish #earlymediaeval cross slab. How to make carvings clearer by stopping the sun's ability to cast shadows! 😃

From my paper in "Able Minds and Practised Hands", this is a #3d #laserscan from 2002 of St. Orland's Stone, a #Pictish #earlymediaeval cross slab. How to make carvings clearer by stopping the sun's ability to cast shadows! 😃

For #HillfortsWednesday.
From 2005, our #3d #laserscan of the #Pictish carvings on bedrock at Trusty's Hill. These carvings are outliers and quite odd. They do feature the unique "deely-bopper" symbol, though!
The nearby Anwoth Church and schoolhouse were in The Wicker Man movie.

For #HillfortsWednesday.
From 2005, our #3d #laserscan of the #Pictish carvings on bedrock at Trusty's Hill. These carvings are outliers and quite odd. They do feature the unique "deely-bopper" symbol, though!
The nearby Anwoth Church and schoolhouse were in The Wicker Man movie.

For #HillfortsWednesday.
From 2005, our #3d #laserscan of the #Pictish carvings on bedrock at Trusty's Hill. These carvings are outliers and quite odd. They do feature the unique "deely-bopper" symbol, though!
The nearby Anwoth Church and schoolhouse were in The Wicker Man movie.

For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a render of the Rhynie 3 #Pictish stone. This was scanned in 2002 for analysis of the remaining surface. The stone features the badly damaged remains of a figure. #3d #laserscan #Archaeology

For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a render of the Rhynie 3 #Pictish stone. This was scanned in 2002 for analysis of the remaining surface. The stone features the badly damaged remains of a figure. #3d #laserscan #Archaeology

For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a render of the Rhynie 3 #Pictish stone. This was scanned in 2002 for analysis of the remaining surface. The stone features the badly damaged remains of a figure. #3d #laserscan #Archaeology

For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a render of the Rhynie 3 #Pictish stone. This was scanned in 2002 for analysis of the remaining surface. The stone features the badly damaged remains of a figure. #3d #laserscan #Archaeology

For #StandingStoneSunday, here's a render of the Rhynie 3 #Pictish stone. This was scanned in 2002 for analysis of the remaining surface. The stone features the badly damaged remains of a figure. #3d #laserscan #Archaeology

Introduction time!
We are SWACS, short for 'Save the Wemyss Ancient Caves', the custodians for a number of sandstone #caves on the #Fife coast which are home to some unique #LocalHeritage.

We have a vast collection of #Pictish designs carved directly into the walls, as well as possible #BronzeAge cup marks, and #graffiti likely from all ages.

You can find out more at https://wemysscaves.org and http://4dwemysscaves.org

#Archaeology #DigitalArchaeology #IronAge #Picts #Scotland

For #StandingStoneSunday (and my increasingly loose interpretation of the tag), the WHP.EC.13 stone from the #Whithorn collection. Reused at some point... #earlymediaeval (not #Pictish)

https://archive.archaeopticscloud.com/permalink/objects/whithorn/whp_ec13