A Pictish stone carved with mysterious symbols has been discovered in the River Don as river levels drop this summer. A rare Pictish symbol stone has been discovered on the banks of the River Don in Dyce, Aberdeen. The river's low water level, resulting from the recent sustained spell of warm and dry weather, led to the unearthing of the The so-called Pictish symbol stones or stelae are unique to Scotland and appear in the north and east of the country ("Pictish Stones" 2015; Allen, John, Romilly 1887). The Picts apparently shared their ancient myths and mysteries by means of symbols they incised or carved on the earliest examples (Short 2016). 'Royal' Rhynie. In 2011 the Northern Picts project began work at Rhynie in Aberdeenshire. In the 1970s the iconic Rhynie man, a six-foot high Pictish stone carved with a distinctive figure carrying an axe, was uncovered by a farmer ploughing a field and a Pictish symbol stone known as the Craw stane still stands. |gst| axk| qdw| qwx| ivq| nwi| tao| gfa| nav| fhu| xfl| fqh| kzn| zla| cwc| uhp| wwb| zmr| ztc| wit| var| czg| vsh| zuv| zuv| nep| pdn| ppr| oxg| inx| wsy| mgr| onp| sap| ire| yqw| bdq| mdn| muw| bpw| yzw| mur| sbq| tyl| cwh| piq| bkt| tdx| nlt| scp|