The Pictish Standing Stones of Aberlemno, Angus, Scotland.
I have known and loved these stones nearly all my life. I attended the primary school just across the road from the 3 stone group, and went to Sunday school and church in Aberlemno Kirk where the single stone is. Looking past the kirkyard standing-stone and opposite, over the dyke, you will catch a glimpse of the Kirkton of Aberlemno farmstead (where I used to go tattie-picking as a bairn). The stones speak for themselves and if you view this video, I hope it may capture for you just a little of their awesome beauty.
Tour Aberlemno Pictish Stones Scotland
Tour Aberlemno Pictish Stones in Angus, Scotland. This village and parish is known for carved Pictish stones dating from the 7th and 8th centuries AD. The stones can be viewed at any time in spring to autumn, but are covered by wooden boxes in the winter to prevent frost damage. Two stones and a fragment stand by the B9134 Forfar-Brechin road, the Kirkyard Stone stands in the nearby graveyard of the parish church.
Eassie sculptured stone.
SPiSwhiz of the pictish stone hidden away in eassie church ruin.
Pictish Symbol Stones Of Scotland
Tour Scotland video of Pictish symbol stones. They are 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 during which the Picts became Christianized. The earlier stones have no parallels from the rest of the British Isles. Stones in orders of appearance in the video are; Bird And Fish Pictish Symbol Stone, Brough of Birsay Pictish Symbol Stone, Cross Slab Pictish Stone Abercorn, Dupplin Pictish Cross St Serf's Church Dunning Perthshire, High Keillor Pictish Stone Strathmore, Hilton of Cadboll Pictish Stone, Hunting Scenes Pictish Symbol Stones, Kilduncan Pictish Stone St Andrews Fife, Lindores Pictish Symbol Stone Abdie North Fife, Macbeth's Pictish Stone Meigle Perthshire, Papil Pictish Symbol Stone, Pictish Cross Slab Parish Church Crail East Neuk Of Fife, Pictish Standing Stone of Sauchope Crail East Neuk Of Fife, Pictish Standing Stones Churchyard Aberlemno Angus, Pictish Stone Cathedral Museum St Andrews Fife, Pictish Stone Forteviot Strathearn Perthshire, Pictish Stone Meigle, Pictish Stone Scoonie Fife, Pictish Stone Shetland Islands, Pictish Stone Strathmiglo North Fife, Pictish Symbol Stone Abernethy Perthshire, Pictish Warrior Stone Abbot House Dunfermline Fife, Southern Roadside Pictish Stone Aberlemno, St Madoes Pictish Stone Perth Perthshire, Warrior Pictish Symbol Stone Dull, Wheel Cross Stone With Twelve Flower Petals Pictish Stone Abercorn
Aberlemno Battle Stone Scotland
Aberlemno Battle Stone, Angus, Scotland. A remarkable pictish stone which shows an encounter between two sets of warriors. One set, on the right, wear typical Angle helmets, while the others, on the left, have archetypal Pictish hairstyles. This Class II Pictish Stone is located in Aberlemno churchyard, north of Dunnichen, in Angus, and dates from around 500 AD
Eassie Parish, Angus, Scotland with Pictish stone
A walk from the entry of Eassie Churchyard in to the ancient remains of the Parish of Eassie where a 1300 year old Pictish stone stands.
Cross Slab Pictish Symbol Stone Aberlemno Angus Scotland
Tour Scotland travel video of a Cross Slab Pictish Symbol Stone in the Churchyard on ancestry visit to Aberlemno, Angus. This majestic early eighth century slab bears a ringed cross which spans the length and breadth of the slab and is outlined by roll mouldings. At the centre of the cross head is a circle, outlined by roll moulding, which contains seven interlinked triple spirals. The side arms contain diagonal key pattern, while the upper and lower arms are filled with interlace forming cruciform designs. The shaft below contains three roundels interlinked by the dense interlace that fills them. The background to the cross is filled with animals seen in profile. Either side of the upper arm of the cross is an animal with its head turned back and away from the cross, that on the left with a serpent’s body grasped in its jaws. To the left of the shaft there are three quadrupeds and a serpent biting one another, ingeniously designed to form four spirals, one above the other. On the right of the shaft is a double spiral knot composed of two creatures with elongated beaks, and below are two elegant seahorses confronted in a figure of eight, protecting a triquetra knot between their lower fins.
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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 during which the Picts became Christianized.The earlier stones have no parallels from the rest of the British Isles, but the later forms are variations within a wider Insular tradition of monumental stones such as high crosses.
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Elgin Museum Collection Highlight: Kinneddar Pictish Stone
Janet Trythall, Vice-President of The Moray Society and volunteer at Elgin Museum, talks about her favourite object from the Museum's collection – a Pictish stone from Kinneddar (Drainie) (ELGNM: 2009.11) classified as Class II (by the Romilly & Allen classification scheme). The stone is sandstone, carved on one face with a cross. The cross is decorated with an ornamented central boss, and traces of other ornamentation can be seen on the arms. In the panels surrounding the cross are more “traditional” Pictish symbols: (clockwise from bottom left) a comb symbol, a possible mirror, and fragments of key patterning.
In 1953, the ruins of the first Drainie Church were cleared to make way for a new RAF runway. The removed stones were deposited in the grounds of Gordonstoun School. This particular stone was single out as being of importance in 1965. It was loaned to Elgin Museum in 1994 and formally donated to the Museum in 2009.
This film was made possible thanks to the support of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and was produced as part of Elgin Museum's Year of History, Heritage & Archaeology 2017 programme of events.
The Standing Stones of Scotland - with PAUL MURDOCH (Trailer)
There are over 500 standing stone sites in Scotland. That's more than any other country. Why were they built? What purpose did they serve? All great questions but, as yet, almost impossible to answer.
Unless we invent a time machine, we can only guess.
I want to see what local children think about them. What legends surround them, how these mystical places fire up their imagination.
For others, they are maps of the heavens, spiritual sites, the home of ancient Druids, burial chambers, strange places where human sacrifices were made... Or even some kind of 'stop sign' for other beings - many think that the stones are set out in a very precise way to communicate with aliens or ancient gods who could, I suppose, be one in the same.
We don't even have accurate dates for most of the sites. Not even to the nearest thousand years.
What I do know, is how they make me feel when I visit them. They evoke some ancient connection with my past. They make me wonder what happened back then. What made these people make all that effort, over and above what, I can only imagine, must have been a pretty tough life as it was.
My son, Ryan, got me writing books. But The Peck Chronicles, would never have existed as they do now if I hadn't been influenced by my very own ring of stones on the hill above my house.
So I have come to five of the most engaging of these sites, to see what the people of now think. Specifically, I want to see what children make of them. If local children can tell us what legends surround the ancient circles and how these places spark their imagination and drive their creativity, in a way the stones will serve some kind of function right now.
I know the pupils I am due to visit are fired up already. Excited about the prospect of telling us more.
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The Battle Of DUNNICHEN
The Scottish Picts Battle of Dinnichen
by Greame Cruickshank MA, AMA, FSA Scot
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Foundations of Stone (1of2)
Sculptor Ron Henderson discusses his work and thousands of years of Scottish history as he creates unique stone works in the same stylings of the Picts
Scotland - Pictish Stones
Photos of Pictish stones found in Scotland.
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Secrets of the Stones - God's Architects
Irish christian architectural documentary for RTE tele
Archaeologists uncovering Perthshire's Pictish past
The Courier talks to Sophie Nicol from the Perth and Kinross Heritage Trust as they uncover the remains of a Pictish longhouse in Glenshee.
Picts: Part 1- Symbols and Signs
This film describes the changing and competing interpretations of the Pictish symbol stones. Using film of visits to some of the most important symbol stones in the north and east of Scotland including those at Dyce, Bennachie and Aberlemno, the film analyses attempts to explain the meaning of the enigmatic symbols including the Crescent and V Rod, Double disc and Z Rod and the Pictish Beast. The film ends by posing the question:are we getting closer to unlocking the symbol code?
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4K. THE GLENS OF CLOVA AND PROSEN. CARTOCHTY, & DOGS PLAYING AT GALLA WATERS.
4K. ANGUS. The county of Angus, is traditionally associated with the Pictish kingdom of Circinn, which is thought to have encompassed Angus and the Mearns. Bordering it were the kingdoms of Ce (Mar and Buchan) to the North, Fotla (Atholl) to the West, and Fib (Fife) to the South.
The most visible remnants of the Pictish age are the numerous sculptured stones that can be found throughout Angus. Of particular note are the collections found at Aberlemno, St Vigeans, Kirriemuir and Monifieth.
Angus shares borders with Kincardineshire to the north-east, Aberdeenshire to the north and Perthshire to the west. Southwards, it faces Fife across the Firth of Tay.
Angus is marketed as the birthplace of Scotland. The signing of the Declaration of Arbroath at Arbroath Abbey in 1320 marked Scotland's establishment as an independent nation. It is an area of rich history from Pictish times onwards. Notable historic sites in addition to Arbroath Abbey include Glamis Castle, Arbroath Signal Tower museum and the Bell Rock Light House.
Main industries include agriculture and fishing. Global pharmaceuticals company GSK has a significant presence in Montrose in the north of the county.
About 7000 years ago, a pioneering tribe of hunter-gatherers wandered up the coast and rounding Scurdie Ness, they first saw a wide estuary we now call Montrose Basin. These immigrants were the first of many, each group bringing with them their own language. These men and women would have needed to describe their surroundings, and to name them. Rivers have from the earliest times played an important part in human affairs, as sources of drinking water, as means of travel, as obstacles to travel, and even as deities. It is perhaps not surprising, therefore, that the names of rivers have shown remarkable staying power, but cannot be shown to belong to any language. In many cases, their names mean simply 'water'such as Tay or Esk. The language of these earliest arrivals can never be known.
Apart from a few Bronze Age and Iron Age remains, the only traces of them may be the river names. Even the Romans, despite being the first literate incomers, left no impact on the place names, either here or anywhere else in Scotland.
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Pictish Stone Forteviot Strathearn Perthshire Scotland
Tour Scotland video of a pictish stone in the parish church on ancestry visit to Forteviot, Strathearn, Perthshire.Forteviot was the site of an important Pictish settlement in the reign of King Oengus. With the defeat of the Picts by the Scots in the ninth century, Kenneth macalpin had his palace there. The present church building, the third, was erected in 1778.