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The Class I Dunnichen Stone, with Pictish symbols including the "double disc and Z-rod" at centre, and "mirror and comb" at the bottom.. The purpose and meaning of the stones are only slightly understood, and the various theories proposed for the early Class I symbol stones, those that are considered to mostly pre-date the spread of Christianity to the Picts, are essentially speculative.
The Aberlemno I roadside symbol stone, Class I Pictish stone with Pictish symbols, showing (top to bottom) the serpent, the double disc and Z-rod and the mirror and comb. The Picts were a group of peoples in what is now Scotland north of the Firth of Forth, in the Early Middle Ages. [1]
The slab is carved on both faces in relief and, as it bears Pictish symbols, it falls into John Romilly Allen and Joseph Anderson's classification system as a class II stone. [1] [2] The stone bears a number of figural representations and a mirror and comb symbol. The figures have been identified as Saints Anthony and Paul. [3]
Pictish stones in Highland (council area) (14 P) S. Symbols on Pictish stones (6 P) Pages in category "Pictish stones" The following 48 pages are in this category ...
Aberlemno 1, 3 and 5 are located in recesses in the dry stone wall at the side of the road in Aberlemno (grid reference).Aberlemno 2 is found in the Kirkyard, 300 yards south of the roadside stones.(grid reference) In recent years, bids have been made to move the stones to an indoor location to protect them from weathering, but this has met with local resistance and the stones are currently ...
The Eassie stone belongs to the Aberlemno School of Pictish sculpture as extended by Lloyd Laing from Ross Trench Jellicoe's original proposed list. In addition to the Eassie stone, stones in the Aberlemno School include Aberlemno 2 (the Kirkyard Stone), Aberlemno 3 , Menmuir 1, Kirriemuir 1, Monifieth 2 , Rossie Priory, Glamis 1 and Glamis 2.
They threw some of the stones down into the sea and when they were later recovered some of them proved to be Pictish symbol stones. [20] In 1857 these symbol stones were documented by Alexander Thomson. [18] [21] [note 4] They were illustrated in John Stuart's 1856 and 1867 volumes of The Sculptured Stones of Scotland published by the Spalding ...
Pages in category "Symbols on Pictish stones" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.