Dunnichen Stone information

The Dunnichen Stone is a class I Pictish symbol stone that was discovered in 1811 at Dunnichen, Angus. It probably dates to the 7th century AD. The exact...

Dunnichen, Angus, now on display at the Meffan Institute in Forfar. A replica stands at its former position in front of Dunnichen church. Eagle Stone...

site has long been thought to have been near the present-day village of Dunnichen in Angus. Recent research, however, has suggested a more northerly location...

the hillforts on Dunnichen hill and Dunbarrow hill. In the early 19th century, the Dunnichen Stone, a class I Pictish standing stone was unearthed at...

symbol stones were found on the summit and 21st-century archaeology has discovered evidence of a Pictish hill fort which may have incorporated the stones in...

(the removal of material) and modelling (the addition of material), in stone, metal, clay, wood and other materials. In the modern era these were joined...

Class I sculptured stones from Aberlemno and Strathmartine can be seen in the McManus Galleries in Dundee while the class I Dunnichen Stone is on loan to the...

Pictish stones found in and around Forfar and Kirriemuir. The Large Class I Pictish stone, with a rare carving of a flower, is called the Dunnichen Stone. It...

helmeted figures are Northumbrians. This, coupled with the stone's proximity to Dunnichen (3 miles (5 km) to the south) led to the interpretation made...

including a collection of Pictish stones, particularly the Dunnichen Stone and the Kirriemuir Sculptured Stones as well as Roman and Medieval artefacts...

The Dupplin Cross is a carved, monumental Pictish stone, which dates from around 800 AD. It was first recorded by Thomas Pennant in 1769, on a hillside...

the Camuston or Camustane Cross, is an Early Medieval Scottish standing stone on the Panmure Estate near Carnoustie in Angus, Scotland. First recorded...

Scottish medieval style; it can be seen in the extensive survival of carved stones, particularly in the north and east of the country, which hold a variety...

Publishing. Fraser, James E. (2006), The Pictish Conquest: the Battle of Dunnichen 685 and the Birth of Scotland, Stroud, Gloucestershire: Tempus Jervise...

tributary to them until, in 685, Bridei defeated them at the Battle of Dunnichen in Angus, killing their king, Ecgfrith. In the reign of Óengus mac Fergusa...

associated with Dunnichen in Angus, a location supported by the presence of a carved battle scene on one of the nearby Aberlemno Sculptured Stones; but since...

but these were replaced in the thirteenth century with more formidable stone "enceinte" castles, with high encircling walls. In the thirteenth century...

these stones are found exclusively in north-east Scotland from the Firth of Forth to Shetland. Good examples include the Dunnichen and Aberlemno stones (Angus)...

May 2002). The First Battle for Scottish Independence: The Battle of Dunnichen, A.D. 685 (MA thesis). East Tennessee State University. Clutton-Brock...

Phàrlain City Dunkeld Dùn Chailleann Fortress of the Caledonians City Dunnichen Dùn Eachain Eachan's fort. Older name was Dùn Neachdain, Nechtan's fort...

at what is now called the Battle of Dun Nechtain, located at either Dunnichen in Angus or Dunachton in Badenoch. This defeat, in which most of Ecgfrith's...

authority and practices. However, the Pictish victory at the Battle of Dunnichen in 685 ended the Northumbrian dominance of the region and the bishop and...

Craigo Craigowl Hill Crombie Country Park Dalhousie, Dalhousie Arch Dun Dunnichen Dunninald, Dunninald Castle Dykend Eassie East Haven Edzell, Edzell Castle...

battle site was previously thought to be somewhere in the vicinity of Dunnichen in Angus, but reappraisal of the scant documentary evidence along with...

philologist and lexicographer John Dair – TV Actor George Dempster of Dunnichen and Skibo (1732–1818) – advocate, landowner, agricultural improver, politician...