A magnificent Pictish stone that has stood for around 1,200 years and features some of the most impressive carvings of the era has been “massively damaged” after it blew over in the wind.

More than 200 Pictish stones have been identified due to their distinctive symbols, showing that the Picts were widespread across Scotland north of the Forth and Clyde, and that they had their own ...

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The Pictish symbol stones at Aberlemno are “perhaps the most extraordinary and beautiful of all carved stones in the British Isles”, according to Historic Environment Scotland. So the news ...

All the animals depicted on the Pictish stones are lifelike and easily recognizable—all but one. The exception is a strange beast with an elongated beak or muzzle, a head locket or spout ...

The Aberlemno 3 stone, which dates to the ninth century, stands by the roadside in the village in what some believe is its ...