Lost Civilizations: The Picts

Question 1

Peoples of Scotland

Answer 1

600 AD

Picts

Scots

Brittons

Angles

Question 2

Dunadd inaugural stone

Answer 2

Footprint - Kings placed foot here

Coronation chair in Westminster 1855 stone of scone beneath English monarchs throne

Ogam Pictish? Gaelic? “aes Finn Manach” “people of the monk”

Boar outline - Pictish style 2

Question 3

Picts

Answer 3

From Latin Picti “painted ones”

Disappearance of Picts 9th c and later

Kenneth Mac Alpin 810-58 moves from Dal Riada to the former Pictish seat Scone

Gradual fusion of people’s?

Question 4

Inscribed stone tradition

Answer 4

29 ogam Latin and Ogam: most are personal names

Newton stone with unknown script

Aberlemno 1, Dunrobin 1 Burghead 3: class I stone: undressed stone, nativesymbols, non Christian motifs, 6th - 8th c CE

Dunfallandy stone: class II stone: rectangular dresses stones, can have Christian motifs; always Pictish symbols 8th-9th c CE

Sueno’s stone: class III: no Pictish symbols, can be crosses, grave markers, free standing stones, 8th-10th c CE