31 10 568 https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/390/back-cross-together_-_reverse_colour.jpg 01c9ce1f01034c8383cdef5d603fda0f 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 back-cross-together - reverse colour.jpg https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/389/back-cross-together_-_reverse_colour.jpg 01c9ce1f01034c8383cdef5d603fda0f 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 cross on the back of the Rosermarkie Cross Slab Description An account of the resource Featuring interlace and four bosses. Surrounded by a key pattern border. https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/388/back-cross-together.jpg d2f06d70c585368363f7f3ff5d4ee4e0 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 Cross on the back of Rosemarkie Stone Description An account of the resource Vector Image Groam House Rosemarkie Stone https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/1/387/pictish-snake-symbol1.jpg 0e3155b5c898c4d8e6f02874a53570d7 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 Snake Description An account of the resource The serpent or snake, is thought to be a symbol of medicine and healing, although this is unknown. The snake symbol can also be found with a Z-rod through it. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/386/GB-for-book-of-Kells.png 9200807f3f2c90241d3ef72a9083093f 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 Design from Book of Kells Description An account of the resource digitized imaged from George Bain, Celtic Art, Methods of Construction, design taken from The Book of Kells. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Book of Kells https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/384/pictish-fish.jpg 0aa0d9e0059d84b5c36c2d69b4f41c21 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 Fish Description An account of the resource The fish symbol is also known as the Salmon, it may be symbolic of wisdom and prophecy. Salmon figure prominently in Celtic mythological tales, they often inhabited the sacred wells, feeding on the fruits (often, hazelnuts) of the tree of life. Pictish Symbols https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/383/GHM.jpg adbdd8918be0b0b71f00a581bb5b61f4 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 Groam House Museum Subject The topic of the resource An outstanding centre for Pictish and Celtic Art in Ross-shire. The unique display is focused on 15 carved Pictish stones which all originated in the village, an important centre of early Christianity. The sculptures are amongst the works of Pictish Art that inspired George Bain, the ‘father of modern Celtic design’, most of whose surviving artwork is in the care of the museum. The George Bain Collection has been awarded the status of a Recognised Collection of National Significance by Museums Galleries Scotland, the first and only one in the Highlands. The pride of the permanent display is the magnificent Rosemarkie cross-slab, decorated with enigmatic Pictish symbols and Christian crosses. Museum https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/382/tarbat_discovery_centre.jpg 6ec763d77dcfaba96b619e540b03220e 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 Tarbat Discovery Centre Subject The topic of the resource Housed in the refurbished interior of Tarbat Old Parish Church in Portmahomack, the Centre displays fragments of Pictish sculpture revealed by ongoing excavations at the site. They include cattle licking their new-born calf, a rooting wild boar, and a snarling dragon with a serpent head on its tail. There are also replicas and photographs of the pieces of Pictish sculpture from Tarbat which are now in the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. The excavations by the University of York have revealed an 8th-century Pictish monastery, its stone buildings, farm, and metalworking shop. The Centre has interactive touchscreens with information on the Picts, and shows a video on the Picts of Easter Ross. When the dig is in progress, tours guided by archaeologists are included in the admission charge to the Centre. Museum https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/381/dunrobin_museum.JPG 0164bf8764b053a2c4ae18469b7e2f08 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 Dunrobin Castle Museum Subject The topic of the resource This fascinating Victorian museum, in the grounds of Dunrobin Castle, holds, amongst other collections, an outstanding collection of over twenty Pictish stones. It includes both Class 1 symbol stones and Class 2 cross-slabs collected from the south-east Sutherland coast, from Craigton and Little Ferry north to Navidale. Museum https://openvirtualworlds.org/broadlands/files/original/380/Tain_Museum.png a0f9479d830f91cdbefbfe301ca6f720 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 Tain Museum Subject The topic of the resource Outside the museum door, in the churchyard, is the The Ardjachie Stone, it is an uncut but decorated red sandstone boulder discovered by farmers in 1960 on the Ardjachie Farm in the Tarbat peninsula of EasterRoss. On it are depicted several dozen cup or ring marks probably dating to the Bronze Age. It also has an inverted-L design with a wheel image above. It is a Class I Stone. Visible all year -it is just inside the churchyard gate to Castle Brae, outside the museum doorway. In the museum itself are fragments of two Pictish stones found at Edderton Churchyard in 1992, and also a fragment of the Nigg Stone, found in 1999. Museum