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Three minute Audio visual on the Pictish people who they were and why they are important in Scottish history - Work with local voices and community to gather content for this -Local story teller?

Rosemarkie was the site of an early Christian centre in the 8th and 9th centuries AD. Today, you can examine the surviving fragments of Pictish sculpture gathered together in our museum display. The centrepiece of the permanent exhibition is a…

Location – Edderton, Old Church Yard, Easter Ross, open all year.
A Class 3 cross-slab, now leaning, in the churchyard of the former parish church. On the west face is a Celtic cross, with a broad circle around the intersection; on the east face a…

Location - Edderton, Old Church Yard, Easter Ross, open all year.
A Class 3 cross-slab, now leaning, in the churchyard of the former parish church. On the west face is a Celtic cross, with a broad circle around the intersection; on the east face a…

Location - The Shandwick Stone is still in its original location, and has recently, after restoration work, been enclosed in a glass structure to prevent further erosion.

This impressive Class 2 cross-slab was a landmark for local boats. It is now…

Location – The original stone is in the Museum of Scotland.
A replica, by Barry Grove, stands on the site at Hilton of Cadboll Chapel.
The Hilton of Cadboll cross-slab (Class 2) once stood outside St Mary’s chapel at Cadboll, the remains of which…

Location – Tarbat Discovery Centre.
Housed in the refurbished interior of Tarbat Old Parish Church, the Centre displays fragments of Pictish sculpture revealed by ongoing excavations at the site. They include cattle licking their new-born calf, a…