The arrangement of the Class I Pictish stones north of the river Tay
Weir, Alan2021
Books, Manuscripts
The 50 or so mysterious Pictish symbols and the stones displaying them have become central to all discussion of the Picts. Generations of scholars have sought to interpret the symbols with little agreement. This book takes an indirect approach to the situation. The present layout of Class I stones hints at an arrangement in chains in which adjacent stones in a chain are linked by a common symbol. This is investigated and the chains identified. Between the River Tay and the Dornoch Firth, virtually all stones belong to a chain and the chains seem to be practically complete. The chains appear to have superseded stones created and positioned independently. The stone pattern is more complicated than isolated chains of stones and special junction stones are used to register the crossing of two or more chains.
Weir, Alan, author
London : Austin Macauley Publishers, 2021.
190 pages
Specialized.
9781528950558 (pbk)
736.509411
NB1862
English
2911693