Crosskirk: The stone that watched history

Crosskirk: The stone that watched history

Helen Mackay tells us the story of the Crosskirk stone. This is a story about a symbol stone that was the centre of its world. It stood beside a large broch on the far northern shore of mainland Pictland, a little to the west of Thurso, at a place today called...
Pictish art in the 21st century

Pictish art in the 21st century

In this short blog we introduce you to the wonderful world of the unique Celtic artwork of Iconographer Pictus Pictor, Dr. J Larry Scrimgeour. ‘Celtic Art of the Pictish School has fascinated me since boyhood as no other art-form can, combining the mystic...
Marjory Tait Talks Highland Celtic Art

Marjory Tait Talks Highland Celtic Art

My name is Marjory Tait and my business Highland Celtic Art was established in 2016. I was born and brought up on a croft / hill farm above Drumnadrochit in the 1970s. There is a large cup stone in one of the fields, now behind my house, and a carved Pictish stone was...
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