Founded in 1988 to affirm the importance of Pictish culture in Scotland's past. Monthly lectures through winter and spring. Annual conference in October. Newsletter 3-4 times/year. Join us: www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk. (Posts by fortrenn.bsky.social)
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In Edinburgh on 25 June? We'd love to see you at the launch of Common Ground, the proceedings of a conference held in 2022 to honour the late Dr Anna Ritchie. Join us to celebrate Dr Ritchie and her work as archaeologist, author and lifelong advocate of Scotland’s premodern history and heritage.
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Next Friday! There's still time to join the Pictish Arts Society to hear this and the other three remaining lectures in our 2025-2026 season. Discover more benefits of PAS membership here: www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk/join-us
Important new paper on the early development of Pictish symbol carving.
A fascinating new (open access) article by @justrena.bsky.social, looking an unusual group of Iron Age objects from central and northern Ireland whose decoration displays striking similarities with the Pictish symbols.
This Friday! Be among the first to hear the latest academic research into the Pictish symbols as a writing system. #MedievalSky
Did the Pictish symbols originate as tattoos, as has often been proposed? In this recent conference paper, @glasgow.ac.uk PhD researcher David Osgarby presents a new analysis that suggests they did. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPJP...
New episode of our Pictish Shorts podcast! Journalist and TV presenter Alistair Heather (Historic_Ally on Instagram) talks to @monikierockart.bsky.social about how he got into the Picts and what fascinates him about the Picts now. Plus a great choice for the lost Pictish artefact he'd love to find!
The final lecture in our current season is not to be missed! David Osgarby, PhD researcher at @glasgow.ac.uk, will share a new approach to understanding the Pictish symbols as a writing system. Lectures are for members only, but there's still time to join: www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk/join-us
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Finally got to visit the gloriously weird Ardchattan Priory cross slab. 9-10th century, maybe? I don't so much see the supposed Norse influence, but certainly lots of bonkers Pictish ideas here deep in the heart of Dál Riata www.trove.scot/place/318536...
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New display room for Aberlemno Pictish stone to open this weekend www.anguscountyworld.co.uk/heritage-and...
The final lecture in our current season is not to be missed! David Osgarby, PhD researcher at @glasgow.ac.uk, will share a new approach to understanding the Pictish symbols as a writing system. Lectures are for members only, but there's still time to join: www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk/join-us
We've a great series of lectures coming up in the next few months - starting Friday 16 Jan with a lecture from Heather Ford of @glasgow.ac.uk on the Pictish re-use of prehistoric standing stones. Find out more at www.thepictishartssociety.org.uk/lectures-202....
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OPEN ACCESS - 'Stone and the gods: religious cognition and stone carving in first millennium AD northern Britain'. This World Archaeology article examines the origins of naturalistic stone carving in Northeast Scotland. Download, read, and share widely!
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One of Angus’s newest archaeological treasures will go on display this weekend with the opening of a dedicated room in Aberlemno Village Hall.
Archaeology often adheres to established periodisations, sometimes overlooking long-term societal transformations. One such shift in Northern Britain during the first millennium AD was the emergenc...
