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Cross on the front of Rosemarkie Cross Slab
If you look closely at the cross on the front of the Rosemarkie Cross Slab, you can see within the recessed areas, key pattern design and four spirals.
Work
The Picts would have travelled by land and sea.
As well as being skilled stone masons the Pictish people would have had to work together building housing, growing crops, tending livestock, hunting, weaving, making tools and clothing, carving boats…
As well as being skilled stone masons the Pictish people would have had to work together building housing, growing crops, tending livestock, hunting, weaving, making tools and clothing, carving boats…
Food and Crops
Archaeological excavations have shown that Pictish settlements contained sheep, cattle and pigs. They also grew crops such as barley and oats. Depictions in the stone carvings show scenes of hunting wild animals and fishing.
Further Reading on the University in Medieval St Andrews
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