25 10 568 https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/352/large_poster_image_-_corner_3.tif 815199ce64ebc843b995b65068630ef3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rosemarkie Stone 1850 Subject The topic of the resource In 1850 the Stone was place outside the Church, within a metal frame. Rosemarkie Stone https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/353/large_poster_image_-_corner_4.tif fbed4047539f3c4207560bd5a30add5b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Rosemarkie Stone 1980 Subject The topic of the resource The Stone, still owned by the Church of Scotland, was, in 1980, brought into Groam House Museum for safe keeping. Rosemarkie Stone https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/354/crescent_v-rod.png 9c68d979bf0dea6156ce1c5c654867d6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Crescent V-rod Subject The topic of the resource The crescent and the V-rod symbols appear frequently on Pictish stones. Description An account of the resource The Crescent and the Crescent with a V-rod through it, appear often on the Pictish Stones. The crescent is thought to symbolise the moon/sun and also thought to symbolise death. The V-rod is thought to be a bent or broken arrow. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/355/boar.png 2f12027011817d0dded82e3596bc289d Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boar Description An account of the resource The boar is an emblem of fertility, fearlessness, and strength, but also stubbornness, war, and chaos. As the meat of the boar is prized, it is also a symbol of hospitality. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/356/bull.png 69308fbe13891e87964afd1ff61c1484 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bull Description An account of the resource The bull was, and still is, a symbol of fertility, wealth, and status. The bull likewise symbolizes ties to the land, ancestry, and kinship. A good bull was a sign of wealth in a culture that revolved around farming, the prestige of a clan’s bull was closely linked to that of its king, and to the prosperity of its people. Although Pictish symbols usually appear in pairs, a few have only been found on their own. These include the Bull and the Bear. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/357/goose.png 903768ca06d2cf317875a84916086560 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Goose Description An account of the resource A rare example of the Goose symbol can be seen on the Easterton Of Roseisle, Class I Pictish Symbol Stone from Moray, now housed in National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh. The stone slab features a goose, with neck arched back over body, above a salmon. Subject The topic of the resource A rare example of the Goose symbol can be seen on the Easterton Of Roseisle, Class I Pictish Symbol Stone from Moray, now housed in National Museum Scotland, Edinburgh. Discovered in 1894 - a farmer ploughing his fields at Easterton farm, unearthed the top of a burial cist. The pictish stone formed the West side of the irregularly shaped cist. It seems the stone had been re-used, as both sides, including the outermost side, exposed to the soil, are inscribed with pictish designs. Outer aspect of stone, A large Crescent with notch (A bridge, or 'rainbow-arch' to some), above a crescent and v-rod, and mirror and comb. Reverse side - A goose, with neck arched back over body, above a salmon. The goose is a rare form of a pictish design, likely 5-6th Century in its construction. Nearby can be found the Sculptor's Cave and Burghead's Pictish Fort. Numerous Cists and burial cairns are found locally, at Inverugie and the hill of Tappoch. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/358/wolf.png 6355c3e5bd8c5ed7780912be1fc78d46 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wolf Description An account of the resource A good example of the Wolf Symbol can be seen on the Ardross 'wolf' Stone, now housed in Inverness Museum. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/359/eagle.png 146e56cbc033d1be3488bcbd053e8957 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Eagle Description An account of the resource A good example of the Eagle Symbol can be seen on The Clach an Tiompain (Sounding Stone) or Eagle Stone, a small Class I Pictish stone, located on a hill on the northern outskirts of Strathpeffer in Easter Ross, Scotland. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/360/horse.png d44796a33bfbfbf369854987c747dc22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Horse Description An account of the resource The horse was a tremendously important animal to the Celtic tribes, and its domestication transformed the Celtic culture Horses were used for meat and milk and provided labor for farming and transportation, making for huge advances in hunting and war-making. The horse was so important to the Celts it was associated with the sun god, who often appeared as a horse with a human face. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/361/Pictish_Beast.svg.png aff7c237abf8e726d9ce7c9890f624c9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Pictish Beast Description An account of the resource The most common animal symbol of all is the Pictish Beast. The Pictish Beast (sometimes Pictish Dragon or Pictish Elephant) is an artistic representation of an animal depicted on Pictish symbol stones. It is not easily identifiable with any real animal, but resembles a seahorse, especially when depicted upright. Suggestions have included a dolphin, a kelpie and even the Loch Ness Monster. Recent thinking is that it may be related to the design of dragonesque brooches, S-shaped pieces of jewelry from the mid-1st to 2nd century CE that depict double-headed animals with swirled snouts and distinctive ears. These have been found in southern Scotland and northern England. The strongest evidence for this is the presence on the Mortlach 2 stone of a symbol very similar to such a brooch, next to and in the same alignment as a Pictish Beast. The Pictish Beast accounts for about forty per cent of all Pictish animal depictions, and so was likely of great importance. It is thought that it was either an important figure in Pictish mythology, and/or a political symbol. Pictish Symbols