The Scottish Celtic people are also known as Pict’s, Angel Tombstone the word Pict having its roots in Latin. They lived in Northern Britain at that time and the Romans described them as being covered in pictures of animals and other figures.

Animal Stone Carving The Pictish people were so notoriously difficult to conquer that Hadrian, a Roman Emperor of the time, built a stone wall across Britain to keep them out of the South, effectively ceding them the North which we know today as Scotland.

Artificial Stone Countertop

Scottish Picts symbols are known for their intricate Knot Work, animals and Spirals just as Irish, British and Welsh Celtic symbols are, but they have a vast array of symbols not seen in other Celtic traditions and which are often found on Pictish Stones. There are approximately 35 different symbols depicted on these ancient stones,

Basalt Tile

ome are abstract while others depict animals, there also exist representations of everyday items. These stones may have served as memorials or as a way to depict clans and lineage.Pictish Symbols
Black Monument The Scottish Picts were tribal and although their language is lost they left a wealth of large monoliths carved with mysterious Scottish Celtic designs known as ‘picture’ stones of which there approximately fifty major picture symbols.