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Pictish Symbol Stone, 9th Century CE, St. Vigeans Stones and Museum, Arbroath and a contemporary carved replica at Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland

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Pictish Stag Symbol Stone, circa 9th Century CE, St. Vigeans Stones and Museum, Arbroath, Scotland

Considered by many to be one of the finest Pictish animal depictions.

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The Drosten Stone, 9th Century CE Pictish Symbol Stone, St. Vigeans Stones and Museum, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

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Prehistoric Pottery Selection, Broughty Ferry Castle Museum, nr. Dundee, Angus, Scotland

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Inchmahome Priory Carved Stones, Inchmahome Priory, Lake of Menteith, Scotland

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Examples of Ogham Script, The Moffat Museum, Scotland

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Iron Age Gold Torc from Burnley, Manchester Museum, Manchester University

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Replica 6th Century Sword and Decorated Leather Sheath (likely derived from a Roman spatha, a close quarter stabbing sword), Moffat Museum, Scotland

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ERICSTANE FIBULA Roman brooch, inscribed IOVI AVG and VOT XX

The word PORTO is scratched on the underside.

The inscription refers to the twentieth anniversary of Emperor Diocletian's reign in 303 C.E. It may have been one of the symbols of office of Western Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus (305-306 C.E.) lost during his Caledonian expedition in the year of his death.

Found in peat at Ericstanebrae in 1787.

Moffat Museum, Scotland

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Replica of the Monymusk Reliquary, circa 8th Century CE, Arbroath Abbey, Angus, Scotland

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The Ancient Woodland on the Island of Inchmahome, Lake of Menteith, nr. Stirling, Scotland.

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The Ancient Woodland on the Island of Inchmahome, Lake of Menteith, nr. Stirling, Scotland.

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Croft Moraig Prehistoric Stone Circle, nr. Loch Tay, Scotland

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The Island of Inchmahome, Lake of Menteith, nr. Stirling, Scotland.

Through the ancient woodland on the island lies four Iron Age Crannog sites; East Crannog, Dog Isle Crannog, Port of Menteith Crannog and Lochend Crannog. All are now submerged. Walking on Inchmaholme gives you a feeling of being thrown into the distant past...

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Inchmahome Priory Ancient Carved Stones, Inchmahome Priory, Lake of Menteith, Scotland

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Lynchat Iron Age Souterrain, nr. Aviemore, The Cairngorms, Scotland

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Lynchat Iron Age Souterrain, nr. Aviemore, The Cairngorms, Scotland