Excavating the fragment of Pictish stone uncovered at Hilton in September 2001.
Pictish stones
Discovering the Picts

The Picts have fascinated archaeologists, art historians, historians and other researchers for many decades, but there have been many advances over recent years. This section explores how the Picts’ story has been pieced together.
excavation

Discover the digs that have unearthed Pictish stones and other artefacts.



> Excavation
Excavating the fragment of Pictish stone uncovered at Hilton in September 2001
art history

Find out how Pictish art can be understood by comparison with creative activity elsewhere during the same period.

> Art history
A detail of carving on the stone in Nigg Church, Easter Ross.
early
sources

The Picts left no literature, so historians have had to look elsewhere for a description of their culture.

> Early sources
The Venerable Bede, one of our main sources for information about the Picts, by David Lawrence.