Elaborately Carved Stones From The Pictish Era On Visit To Meigle Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of elaborately carved stones from the Pictish Era of the first millennium on visit to Meigle, Perthshire. Includes; a free standing cross within the frame of the stone. Ancient animals carved into the background, including a large bird with a serpent in its mouth and a large animal with clawed feet. A horseman, serpents and animals, including a griffin are carved into this stone. A stone with many carved figures on this stone, including warriors on horses, and Daniel being attacked by lions. The Picts, Scottish Gaelic: Cruithneach, were a group of Celtic speaking peoples who lived in what is today eastern and northern Scotland during the Late British Iron Age and Early Medieval periods. Where they lived and what their culture was like can be inferred from early medieval texts and Pictish stones. Their Latin name, Picti, appears in written records from Late Antiquity to the 10th century. They lived to the north of the rivers Forth and Clyde. Early medieval sources report the existence of a distinct Pictish language, which today is believed to have been an Insular Celtic language, closely related to the Brittonic spoken by the Britons who lived to the south. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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