Knocknagael Boar Stone | Historic Environment Scotland | HES
WEBThe Knocknagael Boar Stone is a large Pictish carving dating to about AD 600, dominated by the image of a wild boar. It’s emphasised by spirals and spiky bristles, and surrounded by Pictish symbols.
Pictish stone - Wikipedia
WEBA Pictish stone is a type of monumental stele, generally carved or incised with symbols or designs. A few have ogham inscriptions.
Pictish Symbols Explained: 14 Pictish stones in Scotland and the ...
WEBAug 28, 2023 · Hundreds of Pictish stones are scattered across Scotland with curious symbols that archaeologists and historians have studied for years, here’s what we know about them.
Knocknagael Boar Stone: History | Historic Environment Scotland
WEBThe Knocknagael Boar Stone is not easily dated, but it probably belongs to the period between AD 400 and AD 600. It depicts: a wild boar, with scrolls emphasising shoulders and haunches, and spiky bristles on its back. a series of Pictish symbols, including a mirror case, a disc and a rectangle.
Knocknagael, Boar Stone - Canmore
WEBThis large irregularly shaped slab bears on one broad face two incised Pictish symbols: a disc and rectangle (or ‘mirror-case’), and close below it a very finely delineated boar. The boar paces towards the right, bristles erect along his back, with well-drawn spiral joints. Date: seventh century.
Boars in heraldry - Wikipedia
WEBBoars, in whole or in part, feature frequently in British heraldry. While a distinction is sometimes made between the wild animal, termed the wild boar or sanglier, and the male of the domestic pig, termed simply the boar, these are not depicted differently from one another in practice.
Pictish Symbol Stones: from Pagan Beast to the Cross
WEBApr 25, 2020 · The Pictish beast, which is the third most common of all the Pictish symbols (Shorts 2016; Cowie 2019), has been linked both to a seahorse, a dolphin and even to an elephant-like creature (Short 2016).
Knocknagael Boar Stone - Highland Pictish Trail
WEBA large Pictish incised stone showing a strongly-carved wild boar with bristles along its spine and spirals on its shoulders. There is also ‘mirror and case’ carving.
Dunadd - Wikipedia
WEBPictish boar carving in rock near the top of the hill. Originally occupied in the Iron Age, the site later became a seat of the kings of Dál Riata. It is known for its unique stone carvings below the upper enclosure, including a footprint and basin thought to have formed part of Dál Riata's coronation ritual.
Knocknagael [The Boar Stone] Class I Pictish Symbol Stone : The ...
WEBFeb 25, 2004 · A huge cI pictish boar, with ornate curved markings - much like the famous Burghead bulls, or the famed Ardross wolf.. It is beneath a large weathered double disc symbol, the left disc, now completely worn away.