The Calf StoneTarbat Discovery Centre This intricately detailed Pictish stone is known as the ‘Calf Stone’. The panel may have formed part of a shrine. It depicts a bull, cow and calf, as well as a mythical, hoofed beast menacing a lamb. Originally...
The Boar StoneTarbat Discovery Centre This large, sculpted stone is thought to have formed the lid of a sarcophagus or tomb. Dating from the eighth century, this is typical of a Pictish memorial. Two boars can be seen in individual panels on one side of the stone....
Pictish SculptureTarbat Discovery Centre An excellent example of original Pictish knotwork, this detailed carved stone was found in a steading (or farmstead) at Tarbat Old Manse in 1999. One face of the stone features an intricate square key pattern and the other...
Pictish Stone with Eagle and SalmonGairloch Museum This Pictish Stone is made of local Torridonian sandstone and was probably carved between AD 500 and 700. It was found around 1870, possibly in a cist burial, and moved to several different places in Gairloch before...
The Rosemarkie Stone Groam House Museum This Pictish stone gives us important information about people from the period 1000 to 1500 year ago. Many such large stones have been found across the north half of Scotland. The name Picts, meaning painted people, was given to...
